As I progressed through the Restorative Leadership Development: Authority with Grace course over the last several weeks, a few themes emerged for me. The need to take care of myself, the need to create time and space for reflection and the need to be confident to make decisions that will have consequences are areas that I received specific feedback about. Throughout the course, I applied these ideas to both my work and my personal life with mixed results. However, despite the mixed results, I have learned significant lessons, and begun to establish a stronger sense of confidence, that I will carry forward with me as I try new approaches and work diligently to continue to improve my personal, interpersonal and leadership skills.
I realized that taking care of myself absolutely must come first. Through the reflections, I recognized that I have spent so much time focusing on the needs of others that I have not allowed myself time to experience my own feelings and identify my own needs. To address this, I have begun to distribute leadership both within our unit meeting as well as on a daily basis. I have begun to ask for help and rely on others for support. By doing so, I opened avenues of communication that may …show more content…
This space comes in the form of both self-care and reflection. I need to ensure that I am taking time for myself, whether that is riding after work, taking a five-minute walk during the day, or reading a quote or passage from a book, I need to take my mind away from work for a few minutes to refocus and recharge. For me, riding has not only been a much-needed self-care exercise, it has also proven to be an enormous help in learning how to establish deep trust, enhancing my leadership and interpersonal skills (even though it is with a horse!) and building my
I realized that taking care of myself absolutely must come first. Through the reflections, I recognized that I have spent so much time focusing on the needs of others that I have not allowed myself time to experience my own feelings and identify my own needs. To address this, I have begun to distribute leadership both within our unit meeting as well as on a daily basis. I have begun to ask for help and rely on others for support. By doing so, I opened avenues of communication that may …show more content…
This space comes in the form of both self-care and reflection. I need to ensure that I am taking time for myself, whether that is riding after work, taking a five-minute walk during the day, or reading a quote or passage from a book, I need to take my mind away from work for a few minutes to refocus and recharge. For me, riding has not only been a much-needed self-care exercise, it has also proven to be an enormous help in learning how to establish deep trust, enhancing my leadership and interpersonal skills (even though it is with a horse!) and building my