Why are you a good candidate for the Heavener Leadership Challenge?
I am a good candidate for the Heavener Leadership Challenge because I possess the drive to improve my leadership skills. I love to learn, especially life skills that can be utilized in all parts of my being: marketing, sales, business endeavors, dancing, choreographing, teaching, volunteering, collaborating, socializing, and especially thinking of my mental well-being. Leadership skills such as encouraging my peers, and absorbing new concepts of doing so, gives me energy and accountability to perform at my best. These traits constructed me to be an open minded individual who is receptive to listening, application, and execution. Through HLC, I would like to find what specific leadership style works best for me, especially in my pursuit of a career in business and dance.
What is…show more content… An improvement I would like to make pertaining to my own leadership skills is to acquire the patience to better understand and react to group members who aren’t cooperative or self motivated to get the job done. Being self driven, I disconnect to those who are not. Further, I would like to improve my personable skills and be more confident when communicating in a leadership position. I get shy when I have to speak up and being able to communicate effectively and unapologetically speak my thoughtful opinions will be a valued skill. Lastly, I would like to learn to accept that I can not be perfect. Striving for perfection can be self sabotaging and ineffectively alter the process to accomplish the task at hand. Replacing a perfectionist mindset with a healthier one will not only aid my sanity, but my endurance in being a leader. HLC’s small group interaction will give me hands-on experience to really challenge these habits. Additionally, HLC will undoubtedly help me improve these skills by surrounding me with others who are eager to learn and
