LEADERSHIP REFLECTION #2

By: Katlin Parsons

EXPERIENCE 1

Being on the band leadership team, a lot of people

came up to me to ask for help with music, since I

was the music technician. One certain day,

Cheyenne, my flute freshman, came up to me in

tears just crying, worried that she will not make the

varsity marching team because she can’t play a

certain part of the music. After calming her down,

we practiced for about an hour and she had it down

perfect.

WHAT DID I LEARN?

Helping someone, leading them to success, and stopping the tears of worry

really made me realize how much that one experience made me grow

leadership wise.

Cheyenne would be considered an in-group member. Her passion to work

hard and get it right, really made me want to give her all the help in the world.

“ Subordinates do certain activities that go beyond their formal job

descriptions, and the leader, in turn, do more for these subordinates”

(Northhouse 163).

Does this mean that people who don’t do what they are supposed to do, get

little to no support?

EXPERIENCE #2

A couple minutes before my Uncle passed away, he wanted to

talk to me and only me. He looked up at me, and said, “Take

care of your cousin. She is about to lose her father, and you

have been through what she’s about to go through. Watch her,

care for her, make sure she is doing right, and always, I mean

always be there when she needs you. Promise me.” I made that

promise to him that day, and I have tried my hardest to fulfill my

word to him. I work hard everyday to make sure my cousin is

okay.

WHAT I LEARNED

By working my hardest to fulfill this promise I made to my

Uncle, I have grown when it comes to being, “pleasant,

trusting, cooperative, and agreeable” (Northhouse 167).

All of these go hand in hand in making a hard promise, and

then striving your best to not break that promise.

Is it still being a good leader if you make a promise you

just can’t keep? Or should that promise have never been

made in the first place?

THE END

Being a leader sometimes isn’t about just leading

people. It’s about being able to build on traits to

fulfill your leadership duties.

Helping one person at a time is also leadership. It

doesn’t have to just be a big group. Sometimes the

best leadership you do, is one-on-one.