I managed to take 2 things from my question, to be a better leader.
1) I took that I have to be more trusting of others. I grew up believing that I could trust people to get things done for me, but after many disappointments I decided that I couldn't rely on people to get things done for me, and that I should do things that I want done by myself. That has worked so far, granted sometimes when I would need help and I would ask for it, but I would still be there with them to make sure it gets done right. So I guess you can say I have a problem trusting people, but I would say I have a problem of people getting things done right in a timely manner. Trusting people might take some time to get used to, but once I have a lot of responsiblilties and I can't do everything I will have to rely upon people and be forced to used to it. The only thing that I don't want to happen to me is that I become lazy and put all of the work others and do nothing myself, because then I will become a person I dispise because they do nothing but expect everything.
2) I also learned that chapters/organizations should be more "transparent" because everyone should know what you have planned and why it is being done. We have personally had that problem in our chapter a decent amount this quarter. Some things aren't discussed at chapter and people are expected to be there when it was a randomly planned event. For example we made some pumpkins and wanted to carve it, we managed to carve it, but a lot of brothers said they wouldn't help because didn't know about it and had something "better" to do. This was planned by a few people and they expected everyone to help, but since we weren't transparent no one wanted to really help. I don't want to hear, "well I never knew we had to do this," or "why weren't we informed about this" ever again. I'm going to try to make my chapter more transparent so we are all on the same page from here on out.
On a lighter note. Here is a cute little panda dancing
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The place is Maldives
And it Looks Awesome!!!PS: Click on the pictures for a bigger view of them
I really like your ideas that you took away from the panel. I think it is important to work collectively as a team to get things done. For that to happen, everyone has to contribute. I have a video on my blog with Gordon Gee speaking; at the end of the clip what he says goes right along with this. Oh and that panda clip was hilarious!
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ReplyDeleteGood job on the last part of your post! The idea of being "transparent' seems ideal because I experience the same thing with my chapter. What works best for us is when our president (or someone from e-board) steps in and points out that a member cannot get mad at membership for not helping out if they never asked for help or made it clear to us all about something. This kind of relates to what Sharelle said about pointing out to our own members what they do wrong so that we can prevent something bigger from happening.
If you want something done right than you should do it yourself. I agree with this train of thought. As athletics chair after a few failed attempts relying on other people I figured out that it's way easier to just do things yourself.
ReplyDeleteI like what you said about getting things done yourself. Shows you have a work ethic and that when it does come down to working in a group, you won't be a loafer who lets others do all the work. Just remember though, sometimes trying to do everything yourself can really screw everything up if it's too much for you.
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