Leadership Course Reflection

This course has been a beneficial look into organizations from a perspective I never would have imagined. Behavior is often overlooked in terms of just how important it is to the profitable function of an organization. I previously paid little attention to that area, and was more focused on the results of an organization. However, this is a fatal flaw as it neglects the fact that at the end of the day, there are human beings working in organizations (and as teams in our project), and behavior and emotions are an undistinguishable part from people.
As a group with our final project I must say we worked extremely well. Usually I hate group projects, especially when I do not get to pick my group. I understand in the workforce a lot of projects require groups, …show more content…
At the risk of sounding conceited, I naturally usually assume some leadership role in the various aspects of my life. As an eighteen year old I was a substitute teacher my freshman year of college. At nineteen I was the night shift manager for Chick-fil-A after only being there for three months. The same was evident in our group, in the sense I took an informal leadership role. Everyone contributed, but at times I felt I did have to lead the discussion, or try to get ideas out of people. We learned in your brainstorming unit how leaders of the brainstorm should not necessarily contribute ideas, because they established a status as leader and it may shy people away from sharing, so during our sessions I tried to save my ideas until last, or just gave a starting point for others to elaborate on. I especially felt I was the leader by keeping everyone on track. I used the theory of setting specific and obtainable goals to motivate my group. I set certain dates we should meet to talk or practice, and dates everyone should be at least a certain portion of the way done to make sure we met the due