Introduction
One of the most critical aspects of maturing as a manager and a leader is taking the time to conduct a self-assessment. By doing this you will learn a great deal about yourself; the good and the bad. You will have the opportunity to recognize positive and negative habits and behaviors, and a chance to maximize strengths and minimize weaknesses. You will be able to find the factors that can cause or affect a perceptual set. As I began my self-assessment, I get to take a step back and reflect on how I arrived where I’m at today, and where I would like to be as I progress in my career.
Background
In 2002, I left graduate school to pursue a career in federal law enforcement. Being a criminal investigator/special agent was a dream
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The terrorist attacks that took place in 2001 provided me with motivation to work for DHS. I have been a first-line, second-line and third-line supervisor in our field offices and at our headquarters in Washington, DC. I have been fortunate in my career to work in the state of Washington, Virginia, the District of Columbia and in various locations internationally. Most of my experience came from on the job in my current organization by taking on varied assignments and roles. Since starting my law enforcement career, I have engaged in both work-related and educational professional development. I would describe myself as hardworking, detail oriented and …show more content…
As described in the Harvard Business Review article, Moments of Greatness, “When we enter the fundamental state of leadership, we immediately have new thoughts and engage in new behaviors. We can’t remain in this state forever. It can last for hours, days, or sometimes months, but eventually, we come back to our normal frame of mind. While the fundamental state is temporary, each time we are in it we learn more about people and our environment and increase the probability that we will be able to return to it. Moreover, we inspire those around us to higher levels of performance.” (Quinn 2005)
The most memorable leadership experience I have been involved in was my time as a third-line supervisory in Washington, DC. I had a great supervisory who was skilled in interacting with her followers, she motivated, was decisive, and instilled trust and confidence in us. My supervisor created an environment that invited us to be a part of the bigger picture and encouraged our growth and development. In turn, we were more flexible and managed our
Next, I am a diligent student. I try my hardest to accomplish every task without failure. I am that kind of person that has to work hard for what I desire and deserve. I also consider myself a responsible individual because I always own up to my wrongs. Lastly, I am a strong leader and not a follower, I am the type that strives for originality.
I am dedicated, energetic and enthusiastic. I place a high value on quality and I thrive in team environments. When given a task, I rise to the challenge as I have done throughout my academic
One leadership experience I had was through my athletics at my high school. Every year, our high school volleyball program hosts a camp for young girls to come learn and develop her volleyball skills, as well as do arts and crafts and make new friends. As a varsity player, we all were assigned a different group of girls to be in charge of. We also were given a junior varsity player to help us. I became a leader in this area because I was more experinced and organized.
I work well with others, and I am a responsible person. If I am given a task, then I will get it done how and when you want it done. I am also the kind of person that you can expect to have things done on time, and you can trust that I will have it done. I am also a very hard worker, and I like getting tasks done in a timely manner while still completing it to the best of my
Imagine this: You and your classmates are asked to lift ‘x’ amount of weight, ‘x’ amount of times, or for ‘x’ period of time. During these lifts, you will be analyzed and assessed based off performance. The assessment will begin during or after instructions are given and will continue throughout the semester. Steady build of progress is expected and select milestones must be obtained in order to perform well in the class. After the instructions are given, you and your classmates are to begin performing the required criteria.
Leadership, as per my understanding, could mean leading others to rediscover themselves by providing guidance, not through what-to-do lists, so they would reach the necessary urge to reach a better state personally and professionally. During Dorsch employment, I have noticed great potentials in my colleague; I convinced him to switch jobs from a drafting person to a civil engineer, by presenting the textbooks and resources needed, guiding him along the transition phase and by presenting, through examples, how easily could be the learning process and transition. Along my career, I lead my colleagues to produce integrated solutions, by creating the urge to know the answers of different what-if scenarios for their solutions; I bring textbooks and tools to convince them; I present examples of what should be done, the benefits of efforts done and the consequences of careless isolated solutions. Not only one colleague now is persuading her dreams by studying post graduate in Netherlands, but also she got an award to be distinguished;
- Being a Chicano, we should be in here not because we’re in trouble but because we’re helping out. Also if you want something done right, you have to go out and do it yourself. Too many corrupted officers honestly. 3. What specific goals did you establish for this career?
As a result, over the following years, I developed a strong desire to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to obtain a career with the Department of State to fight international terrorism as a civilian. At the time, it felt like a long shot, as I had a great deal of work in front of me to make that type of career move. Namely, I was still in the process of achieving
I have had the opportunity see what works and what doesn’t work and I appreciate that I have much to learn about both. The leadership qualities that I've obtained enable me to produce
True leadership requires one to be able to understand, inspire, motivate, and communicate with others. Good
Boston Consulting Group Associate Consultant Application – Essay September 9, 2015 Seungmin Yoo 7-1409, Daelim APT, Ogeum-Dong, Songpa-Gu, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) +82-10-3244-1030 seungminsimon.yoo@gmail.com Date available to start: December 21, 2015 I define leadership as the ability to make proper decisions and give inspirations to others to perform well even in difficult situations. The most significant achievement where I’ve taken an active leadership is the one happened in Toronto when I was an exchange student.
Self-Evaluation on my Research Assignment Name: Institution: 9th December, 2014 Self-evaluation on my Research Assignment Introduction. This paper is a self- evaluation on my research assignment that I did in one of the WRTG 101 classes. I will try as much as possible to analyse my essay which was on the topic “Political and Economic Success in United States”.
When a student begins their college experience they are faced with a few obstacles. Such as figuring out how to manage time, not being academically prepared, and the lack of a support group. The key to success in any college course is to spend enough time studying. It’s important that you know how to manage your own time, incorporating 2 to 3 hours per week for every unit they are taking.
Self-Evaluation English Language and Composition turned out to be much more than I thought it would be. From talking to other students, it seems like we all came in with slightly different reasons for taking the class. For me, it was about a love of English and a desire to improve my writing skills. I never anticipated a class so heavily based on bettering your argumentative skills and exposing yourself to a greater variety of perspectives and then listening to your own reactions and those of the people around you. The thing is, all of it actually helps you to become a better writer.
In the development plan, each emergent junior talent specified a range of relevant activities and their deadlines for execution. The developmental activities were all aligned to each of the three self-selected leadership competencies. At the end of the programme, each participant submitted a portfolio for assessment of their leadership development. Day (2010:42) underscores that “it is not the quantity or quality of the experience that matters in the long term development of skill; rather it is a direct function of the amount of deliberate practice that is undertaken over a considerable period of time”. According to Revans (1983:54) ‘there can be no learning without action and no (sober and deliberate) action without learning”.