Prompt: What are the qualities of a good leader? Use examples from your personal experiences to illustrate your particular leadership style.
My Turn to Lead
The same place I returned to each and every summer meant the world to me, yet I seemed to take those years for granted since I never could imagine myself at such an "old" age where my time as a carefree camper would soon come to an end. Reality unexpectedly hit me during my staff in training (S.I.T.) summer when I realized it was my turn to make camp so meaningful to the future generation of campers. I was to become the fun, optimistic S.I.T. that I had long looked up to every summer. In order to spread my love for camp onto younger campers, I knew it was vital for me to step up and bring out the best person inside of me through being open-minded, caring and relatable, while still acting like my true self.
This role I was about to obtain was all about displaying one's strongest leadership skills. Unlike the crazy and loud S.I.T.'s, I came off to be calmer. Me being more calm led others to think I was more of a shy person. People show their leadership in different ways and I wanted to prove everyone wrong who thought that being quieter would result in a bad role model for this responsibility. For instance, one day, a camper came up to me in tears explaining that she was homesick. In order to resolve their homesickness, I incorporated my experience with being homesick my first year as a camper by taking her mind off of home and planned a fun activity for her whole cabin.
Truthfully, my main goal through this experience wasn't all about proving myself to be just a great leader, but I wanted to make a major impact on the lives of these kids whom I spent my time with for several weeks. I wanted to share my passion for camp with them and show them how the traditions of camp have changed my life for the better.
By sharing my passion for what I truly loved seemed effortless. Even better, I was able to act like my true character and didn't have to pretend to act like someone else to obtain the status of being a leader. Throughout these eight weeks, my knowledge and passion about being an influential leader has significantly opened my mind to what a leader actually means; furthermore, I don't agree with how the ideal thought about a leader pertains to only representing one specific type of person. Leadership is able to be portrayed through numerous types of personalities.
My Turn to Lead
The same place I returned to each and every summer meant the world to me, yet I seemed to take those years for granted since I never could imagine myself at such an "old" age where my time as a carefree camper would soon come to an end. Reality unexpectedly hit me during my staff in training (S.I.T.) summer when I realized it was my turn to make camp so meaningful to the future generation of campers. I was to become the fun, optimistic S.I.T. that I had long looked up to every summer. In order to spread my love for camp onto younger campers, I knew it was vital for me to step up and bring out the best person inside of me through being open-minded, caring and relatable, while still acting like my true self.
This role I was about to obtain was all about displaying one's strongest leadership skills. Unlike the crazy and loud S.I.T.'s, I came off to be calmer. Me being more calm led others to think I was more of a shy person. People show their leadership in different ways and I wanted to prove everyone wrong who thought that being quieter would result in a bad role model for this responsibility. For instance, one day, a camper came up to me in tears explaining that she was homesick. In order to resolve their homesickness, I incorporated my experience with being homesick my first year as a camper by taking her mind off of home and planned a fun activity for her whole cabin.
Truthfully, my main goal through this experience wasn't all about proving myself to be just a great leader, but I wanted to make a major impact on the lives of these kids whom I spent my time with for several weeks. I wanted to share my passion for camp with them and show them how the traditions of camp have changed my life for the better.
By sharing my passion for what I truly loved seemed effortless. Even better, I was able to act like my true character and didn't have to pretend to act like someone else to obtain the status of being a leader. Throughout these eight weeks, my knowledge and passion about being an influential leader has significantly opened my mind to what a leader actually means; furthermore, I don't agree with how the ideal thought about a leader pertains to only representing one specific type of person. Leadership is able to be portrayed through numerous types of personalities.