Only a few months into this position, my troop realized that we needed a girl leader and an assistant for her. One girl volunteered to be leader, and I was her assistant. While I officially held that position for six months, it was not that far into the position that I began to have to take over some of the other girl’s duties. First I was just leading the opening ceremony and making announcements. Soon I was leading the closing ceremony too, as well as planning some events. By the end of my six month term, I was doing much of the job of the senior girl leader, so it was a natural transition for me to officially become it. …show more content…
The troop grew along with me as I struggled to figure out how to lead it. At first, I was doing the bare bones of my job, only what had to be done to keep the troop alive. Once I had mastered the basics, I began to branch out by planning brand-new events and implementing new procedures. Some of these worked and some of these didn’t, but I learned from it all. Eventually, I was able to begin on my ultimate accomplishment of leadership: getting others to lead.
When I say I got others to lead, I don’t mean I gave up all my work. In fact, I did more of it. I had to coach people in public speaking, I had to convince those that weren’t confident that they can lead, I gave people opportunities to work on their skills, all the time in the background making sure things ran smoothly. By my sophomore year, I was able to completely step back from leadership and watch the girls I had coached step up and run things, with only occasional advice from