Exploring Leadership
During the spring semester of my freshman year at the University of Cincinnati, I had the opportunity to participate in an Honors Seminar called Exploring Leadership taught by Professor Erin Alanson. The purpose of this class was to provide an introduction to a wide scope of prominent leadership theories as well as to analyze critical leadership values through a casual discussion based learning environment. Our class met once a week on Monday evenings and consisted of roughly twenty five students of varying majors. Our typical class started with a student led mini-lesson facilitation and then evolved into a larger discussion led by Professor Alanson. We had a variety of guest speakers come in that offered unique perspectives on specific approaches to leadership while also introducing our class to a number of offices and resources that the university offers.
Similar to my Honors Seminar that I took in the fall semester of my freshman year, this class was a nice change of pace from my heavily engineering based course-load. I did not know exactly what to expect from this class as my previous experience was considerably more specific in its focus, but I was excited for the opportunity to follow up on my first seminar with a broader discussion on leadership. I can confidently say that this class exceeded my expectations and that I learned a great deal. This class successfully provided me a wider frame in which to view the concept of leadership in addition to allowing me the opportunity to expand and solidify the concepts that I had discovered in my first semester. In my first year, I believe that I have effectively developed a “tool belt” for approaching a variety of leadership situations and that I will be comfortable actively engaging with future leadership scenarios.
*** The following documents are attached as a representation of my work in this course ***
Similar to my Honors Seminar that I took in the fall semester of my freshman year, this class was a nice change of pace from my heavily engineering based course-load. I did not know exactly what to expect from this class as my previous experience was considerably more specific in its focus, but I was excited for the opportunity to follow up on my first seminar with a broader discussion on leadership. I can confidently say that this class exceeded my expectations and that I learned a great deal. This class successfully provided me a wider frame in which to view the concept of leadership in addition to allowing me the opportunity to expand and solidify the concepts that I had discovered in my first semester. In my first year, I believe that I have effectively developed a “tool belt” for approaching a variety of leadership situations and that I will be comfortable actively engaging with future leadership scenarios.
*** The following documents are attached as a representation of my work in this course ***
Exploring Leadership Final "Philosophy of Leadership": For this course's final we were asked to write a paper in which we were tasked with relaying our own philosophy of leadership, describing situations where it could be effectively applied, and creating a symbol or metaphor to summarize our philosophy. This paper was the culmination of all of our work throughout the semester which is why I have chosen to feature it here.
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