Reflection On Being A Leader

I am an RA at Northern Kentucky University. As an RA, I help students transition to college and help them understand how to live on their own away from parents. It is my duty to enforce University Housing policy- to ensure the safety of students plus maintain a positive learning environment. As an RA, I have developed a unique set of skills because I get to work with students to ensure they are receiving a full well rounded college experience while enforcing rules that some tend to break. This can be challenging because I still have to live with them unlike police; for example, they get to go home after they interact with someone so they don’t have to deal with it when their job is over. I am going to discuss how my supervisors maintain …show more content…
One reason my supervisors excel at being a leader is how personable and caring they are. They truly understand the pressure of being a student so they strive for us to reach our goals to be the best people we can be. So, how do they accomplish this? They do this by challenging us to improve as a student and as an adult to become better people for our communities. We have bi-weekly meetings in which I talk about life goals, class goals, and my personal life; that mean a lot to me. With these meetings it gives me a since of belonging- it makes me feel like I have a purpose and it really motivates me to improve to become a better person. I just recently went on a leadership retreat and we discussed how important it is to be a leader with a passionate heart. As a leader it is important to understand whom we are leading or we will not get the highest possible outcome from them. For example, if I don’t understand the needs of my residents how will I be able to effectively do my job to ensure that their experience is the best possible. Also, by leading this way, it will make people feel like I do when my supervisor talks with