Our CEO has arrived!
Finally, our CEO showed up and tought class. It is amazing how much easier and more comfortable class was with a leader present. We learned what was going to be expected of us, and more on how the class was going to be run. The class was almost completely silent. Everyone listened closely, and it felt like we finally accomplished something. I hope that these leadership qualities continue to be present in each class throughout the course of the semester.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Class: Wed. Jan. 21
Our CEO was absent yesterday, and I hope we finally get to hear him speak on Monday.
The TA showed excellent leadership skills as she immediately silenced the class and gave specific instructions for the day.
We watched "The Queen," video, and we are supposed to write an Individual Memo on the movie, explaining leadership styles and examples. I can see different leadership styles beginning to form from the portion of the movie that we have already viewed. The queen shows a conventional, fair, method of leadership. She rules with an iron fist, so to say. On the other hand, her son Charles is more moderate, and has a more modern approach to leadership. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the movie goes.
The TA showed excellent leadership skills as she immediately silenced the class and gave specific instructions for the day.
We watched "The Queen," video, and we are supposed to write an Individual Memo on the movie, explaining leadership styles and examples. I can see different leadership styles beginning to form from the portion of the movie that we have already viewed. The queen shows a conventional, fair, method of leadership. She rules with an iron fist, so to say. On the other hand, her son Charles is more moderate, and has a more modern approach to leadership. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the movie goes.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Class: Wed. Jan. 14
Wow, what a class....
Our instuctor sat toward the back of the room and barely spoke the whole time. We were supposed to stand up and be leaders. Take charge of the class. Didn't happen.
Some attempts were made by people but most of them failed. Kudos on their efforts, but it made it even more boring listing "What makes a good leader." I think I did that in 5th grade.
Matt Pettigrew stood up and seemed to capture the attention of everyone in the room. Obviously a good leader needs to be charismatic, attention-getting, clear speaking, and most importantly--a LEADER! Take charge of the situation!
I think that overall we failed at our primary task, "To study leadership in the here and now." However, I also think over an hour is much, much too long to discuss that topic. I think that we kept getting off task because you cannot possibly discuss one sentence for over an hour.
This task was also to demonstrate how frustrating it is when there is no leader present. Once again, nothing gets accomplished. I hope that leaders will emerge and show us what to do.
A
Our instuctor sat toward the back of the room and barely spoke the whole time. We were supposed to stand up and be leaders. Take charge of the class. Didn't happen.
Some attempts were made by people but most of them failed. Kudos on their efforts, but it made it even more boring listing "What makes a good leader." I think I did that in 5th grade.
Matt Pettigrew stood up and seemed to capture the attention of everyone in the room. Obviously a good leader needs to be charismatic, attention-getting, clear speaking, and most importantly--a LEADER! Take charge of the situation!
I think that overall we failed at our primary task, "To study leadership in the here and now." However, I also think over an hour is much, much too long to discuss that topic. I think that we kept getting off task because you cannot possibly discuss one sentence for over an hour.
This task was also to demonstrate how frustrating it is when there is no leader present. Once again, nothing gets accomplished. I hope that leaders will emerge and show us what to do.
A
Class: Mon. Jan. 12
I've never blogged before, so please bear with me! I am going to try to blog after each class (twice a week), but if I get a little behind it may be just once a week. I also understand that this assignment requires that we incorporate leadership into our blog, since this is a leadership class. So here it goes....
Monday, January 12, was our first class for the semester. Our teacher, Dr. Feinberg did not show up. I thought this was really odd, considering most instructors are there for the first day. Secretly, I think he was observing to see what our class was going to be like.
About half way through the class, we were not told if we could leave or not. I think that someone was supposed to step up and be a leader. Someone in the class needed to make an executive decision if we should stay or go. However, this never happened so we many of us sat until the end wondering what would happen next.
Since there was no leader, no objectives were set, and obviously none were met. It is frustrating being in a situation where there is no leader. Nothing gets accomplished and I hate being unproductive. I only hoped that it would get better next time.
A
Monday, January 12, was our first class for the semester. Our teacher, Dr. Feinberg did not show up. I thought this was really odd, considering most instructors are there for the first day. Secretly, I think he was observing to see what our class was going to be like.
About half way through the class, we were not told if we could leave or not. I think that someone was supposed to step up and be a leader. Someone in the class needed to make an executive decision if we should stay or go. However, this never happened so we many of us sat until the end wondering what would happen next.
Since there was no leader, no objectives were set, and obviously none were met. It is frustrating being in a situation where there is no leader. Nothing gets accomplished and I hate being unproductive. I only hoped that it would get better next time.
A
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