Daley Scott |
During class on November 2, you completed the Leadership Reputation worksheet. As a next step, ask 3 friends/family members to complete the "others think I am" column of the worksheet. Then, have a discussion with the person providing you with feedback. Only one of the 3 people may be a family member. Once you receive feedback from 3 people, compare the “I think I am” with the “others think I am” columns you completed in class to the feedback you received from others. Reflect on the process of evaluating yourself and receiving feedback from others. How did this process make you feel? How did you make sense of the feedback you received? What feedback was consistent from all three people? What feedback was inconsistent? What did you learn about yourself as a result of this activity?
I really enjoyed answering this worksheet because it really made me reflect on myself as a person and a leader. I decided that the three people I should ask to also fill out the workout about my leadership reputation are my mom, one of my friends that I have known for a long time, and a girl that I have worked with in my sorority. I figured this was a good variety of people that I know would give me honest feedback. After analyzing the worksheet, I found that I was a lot tougher on myself than my friends and my mother. They all agreed on some very kind aspects that they saw in me that I did not see in myself. I would say that this is fairly consistent with my actual life; I am always my toughest critic when it comes to everything I do because I know that I can always do better. However, my mom, two friends, and I all agreed on 38 adjectives to describe my leadership reputation. Some of these adjectives were goal oriented, disciplined, trustworthy, appreciative, responsible, and giving. All of these 38 adjectives were positive leadership reputation adjectives. My mom and two friends all agreed on 10 adjectives to describe me that I did not think described my leadership reputation. Some of these adjectives were sensitive to others needs, admits when wrong, and always willing to learn. All of these adjectives were positive as well. The only adjectives that were slightly negative not all of us agreed upon. Sometimes I was harsher on myself than others saw me, and occasionally my friends and my mom saw sides of me that did not necessarily notice the first time I filled out the worksheet. After completing this activity, I noticed that other people agreed with most of the things that I found about myself. I also realized that I am too tough on myself sometimes and need to realize the positive things about my leadership reputation. I also liked getting some constructive feedback on the negative aspects of my leadership reputation because I can always work to improve.
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Erin
11/22/2015 02:17:38 pm
While people often think the process of asking for feedback will elicit harsh criticism, people often come to the same realization that you did -- we are our harshest critics! While others can give us some feedback, others tend to appreciate qualities about us rather than deficiencies. I encourage you to keep this in mind in the future.
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