As I reflect on my leadership journey, I think that I have made slow, gradual progress, but progress nonetheless. When I was little, I tended to deliberately blend into the background and have others do things for me. Then, as I got older, took on new responsibilities, and developed my passions and interests, I started to also develop my leadership skills. Today, I am still a quiet, timid person, but I am working on stepping out of my comfort zone.
Ever since I was little, I have always been a sort of wall flower. Right out of the womb, I had two sisters who I could depend on, maybe sometimes a little too much. The earliest memories that I have consist of me being in the shadows of my sisters. I remember specifically when we would …show more content…
As the NHS President, I was in charge of organizing events and leading a large group of people. One of the annual events organized by the NHS was a blood drive with the American Red Cross. I was in charge of scheduling the appointments, scheduling the NHS members to help work at the blood drive, and making sure everything went smoothly. There were over 100 student body and community members that volunteered to donate blood, and I needed to make sure everyone signed in, read a packet before donating, and had a positive overall experience. Before the event started, I had made a schedule of people who could work the check-in desk, keep those giving blood company, and watch over those who had just given blood. Through this experience, I learned the importance of a leader to be organized, calm, and confident. When someone had fainted after donating, I knew that it was important that I stay calm and notify the medical personnel that were there in case such a thing occurred. I needed to dictate who was working at what station, and trust me when I say that was not an easy thing to do when dealing with 40 high school juniors and
Ever since I was little, I have always been a sort of wall flower. Right out of the womb, I had two sisters who I could depend on, maybe sometimes a little too much. The earliest memories that I have consist of me being in the shadows of my sisters. I remember specifically when we would …show more content…
As the NHS President, I was in charge of organizing events and leading a large group of people. One of the annual events organized by the NHS was a blood drive with the American Red Cross. I was in charge of scheduling the appointments, scheduling the NHS members to help work at the blood drive, and making sure everything went smoothly. There were over 100 student body and community members that volunteered to donate blood, and I needed to make sure everyone signed in, read a packet before donating, and had a positive overall experience. Before the event started, I had made a schedule of people who could work the check-in desk, keep those giving blood company, and watch over those who had just given blood. Through this experience, I learned the importance of a leader to be organized, calm, and confident. When someone had fainted after donating, I knew that it was important that I stay calm and notify the medical personnel that were there in case such a thing occurred. I needed to dictate who was working at what station, and trust me when I say that was not an easy thing to do when dealing with 40 high school juniors and