Two Themes

The themes of the class are leading others and leading self which is imperative in leadership abilities. I found leading self to be interesting because this has to do with the first two weeks of class. We had to lead our self and take on a leadership role to make sure we did assignments on time and turned them in. It was up to the individual to make sure they completed their work, no leader was there telling them when things were due and how to accomplish them. I thought this was very interesting to see the variations in individuals when leading themselves. The emails that were read in class gave examples of the various differences in individuals ability to lead them self. Some individuals did not turn in assignments or struggled to make components of the assignment work. I think this really did challenge individuals leadership skills and their capability of finding a solution. As for learning to lead others, people definitely need to learn how to do this and improve their skills because they will be doing this in their work environment. We have not experienced this that much in class yet but will once we start working with groups. Overall, this course can be very beneficial but I believe that it is in the student's hands on what they choose to get out of it. If you apply yourself you can improve your leadership abilities but if you decide just to do what you can to get by it will be less beneficial.