Sarah Twiggs

LEADERSHIP FINAL THOUGHTS

Model the WayKey Learning• Need to have a clear vision.• Mine is “making a difference in someone’s life.”

Kouzes and Posner• Scored well in setting personal examples.• I set examples by doing what I think is expected.

Model the WayWeakness and Learning Opportunity• Need to ask how my performance is affecting others.• Setting an example may be helpful but not always the best solution.

• How Can I Practice?• Suggest and ask for feedback.• Use Groysberg and Slinds “Leadership is a Conversation.”• Make everyone feel included.

Model the WayTimeline• August 20th-26th

• Train our student-workers on their Sports Information Duties.

• Every three months• Have check-ins every three months.• This corresponds within every season.• Receive adequate feedback from coaches and student-workers.

Inspire a Shared VisionKey Learning• Imagine possibilities of what the future can hold.

Kouzes and Posner• In my results, scored high in talks about future

trends.• Very important in my career field.

Inspire a Shared VisionWeakness and Learning Opportunity• Shows others how interest can be realized.• Painting a solid picture of what future could look like.

How Can I Practice?• Make sure I highlight all the rewarded parts of this

industry.

Timeline• Very similar to “Model the Way.”• Will be every three months.• Will ask students what was most inspiring to them.

Challenge the ProcessKey Learning• Seizing the initiative.• Exercise outsight.• Generate small wins.

Kouzes and Posner• In my results, scored high in seeks challenges and

takes risks.• Willing to try new ideas.

Challenge the ProcessWeakness and Learning Opportunity• Tries new approaches.• I like taking risks when I know there is no fatal or catastrophic

failures.

How Can I Practice?• Need to learn to trust.• Having student-workers create new templates every

week for games.• Templates cannot be repeated.

Timeline• Very similar to other two skills.• Will be every three months.

Enable Others to ActKey Learning• Trusts.• Builds relationships.

Kouzes and Posner• In my results, scored high in:• Develops cooperative relationships.• Actively listens to different points of view.• Treats people with dignity and respect.

Enable Others to ActWeakness and Learning Opportunity• One of my strongest scores. • Will not concentrate on this skills immediately.

How Have I Practice?• Always ask for a second opinion.• Have trust in myself that I have taught employees well.• Genuinely want to know people and see them succeed.

Timeline• Will be done yearly.• Morning Meeting round tables every day.

Encourage the Key Learning• Shows appreciation.• Personal recognition.

Kouzes and Posner• In my results, scored high in:• Praises for job well done.• Gives appreciation.

Weakness and Learning Opportunity• One of my strongest scores. • Will not concentrate on this skills immediately.

How Have I Practice?• Have given out personal rewards to workers.• Always say “thank you.”

Encourage the

Timeline• Will be done yearly.

• Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2012). Challenge the Process. In J. M. Kouzes, & B. Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How To Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations (5th ed., pp. 156-185). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2012). Model the Way. In J. M. Kouzes, & B. Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things in Organization (pp. 41-99). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2012). The Leadership Challenge Workbook. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2012). Inspire A Shared Vision. In J. Kouzes, & B. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How To Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations (5th ed., pp. 99-127). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.