I am currently an officer for my church youth group. Every year, the youth are responsible for organizing a bible camp. In order to prove myself, I agreed to lead every aspect of the camp. However, I quickly realized that this project was too complicated to handle by myself. Instead, I enlisted my fellow officers to assist me. Another obstacle was the lack of event awareness. Since our original marketing methods were unsuccessful, we pursued other avenues (i.e. social media campaign, promotional video). By overcoming these obstacles, my goal of conducting a successful bible camp was achieved.
During a major exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment, I was tasked to lead the Joint Task Force Operation Center. The exercise requires the integration of many parties who are not part of the same countries (or even a team). As the facilitator, I knew I had to go about this by wearing my creative worker hat to make this a successful exercises. Therefore, being the person that will bring this all together, I knew I must exercise leadership in a highly ambiguous context. The exercise did not have no clear yardstick for how the mission should perform and there are were no clear rules for who gets to control the output. With that being said, I became that effective leader by creating a share purpose in these ambiguous circumstances
The Royal Canadian Air Cadets is an example of a community activity that I have actively taken many leadership roles in. Having served the Royal Canadian Air Cadets for more than four years with the 540 Golden Hawks Squadron, I partake in various activities. I have also learned numerous invaluable life and work skills such as teamwork, leadership and confidence, all of which are not spoon-fed to us, but rather acquired from the experiences that I have been through with cadets. We are constantly coached and supervised by Officers who encourage us to lead others. As we age and climb up the ranks, we are encountered with many leadership opportunities that we are strongly encouraged to take.
I recently completed my Eagle Scout rank, achieving the highest honor in Boy Scouts, and I am also a brotherhood member of scouting's honor society, the Order of the Arrow. I served a six month term as Senior Patrol Leader, the most senior scout leader within my troop, as well as serving as Assistant Senior Patrol Leader for one term. Before that, I did three six month terms as Troop Guide, a position in which I acclimated first year scouts to the troop, teaching them the ways of scouting. My experience in Boy Scouts has presented an abundance of opportunities for me to develop my leadership skills, giving me a competitive advantage over other candidates.
I have learned the importance of leading a large group of differing opinions into a unified force. I have also developed a strong sense of responsibility for my actions towards others and in holding a powerful position. I have held numerous leadership titles such as “Miss Junior Seven Hills” as well as “Miss Teen Seven Hills”. Through these opportunities I represented the city of Seven Hills at city and county wide events and learned the importance of communication and how to be a positive representative. I am a part of a handful of other clubs at school including Key Club, National Honor Society, Spanish Club, Student Government, and Jazz Band. I am a completive dancer at Caliber Dance Company and have danced since I was 8 years old. Dance has taught me discipline and has proven to me that hard work pays off. Although I have experience in these various activities I think my most significant experience comes from my time as a member of NIMB. I have firsthand experience of feeling too intimidated to have fun and I want to ensure that no member of NIMB has the same feeling at any point throughout the season. I have seen many leaders of the band come and go and have learned that in order to be effective a Field Commander must be positive, personable, focused, and dedicated. I promise to personify these traits and use my experience in a beneficial
In and outside school, I’ve done many activities that I’ve been the leader of, mostly involved with charing things for StuCo. I’ve chaired many things, but most likely some of the most important things I’ve chaired have been being one of the chairs for the winter energizer, and being a chair for the leadership recognition breakfast. In the winter energizer I was tasked with helping make a massive school wide scavenger hunt, which took a lot of time and effort to figure out clues and decide how everything would fit together. I also had to design a maze for people to navigate blindfolded and they had to have a partner direct them where to go. The last thing I did at the winter energizer was help manage one of the “olympic games”, which was just a simple mini game, but I had to explain the rules, make sure the people obeyed said rules, and afterwards I had to clean up the massive mess the game left, as there were M&Ms all over the floor. For the leadership recognition
I also made sure that everyone from CMIS who was in the group also had a chance to participate. Some were participants, some were referees, but everyone was interacting with each other. I was very happy to see the fun and joy that we had brought to that group of kids. Another activity that I have gained leadership skills from is my tutoring elementary kids after school. When you tutor kids, you have to inspire them, and you have to make them actually want to learn, or else they refuse to learn and they just sit there through the whole lesson.
Vacation Bible School is a program that the First Baptist Church of Carrizo Springs offers to young students within the community. The soul purpose of this program is to help students find The Lord through reading his word. Vacation Bible School wants to help students find hope with Christianity. This program is also a great way for students to create memories, and learn lessons that they will carry throughout the rest of their lives.
At the sleep away camp that I attended this summer, I was appointed "General" for an all camp activity known as Color War. For four days, the camp is divided into two teams that compete against each other in athletics and other competitive activities. Having been selected out of 400+ campers to take on this elite position was such an honor - I cried tears of happiness. While acting general was extremely rewarding, it quickly became a challenge. Carrying the responsibility to lead cheers, hold team meetings, while making sure the people I led were happy and enjoying the most exciting days of camp was nothing short of nerve-racking. However, every challenge I faced during those four days made each experience that more rewarding , even if my
One of my very first instances of leadership was during a Boy Scout meeting about five years ago where I led our
In the summer of 2016, I was chosen to be a camp counselor for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Birmingham, AL. The camp was from June 29, 2016 to July 1, 2016. It was at Camp ASCCA in Alex CIty. In order to be selected, there was a lot of paperwork and interviews to be done. Each person selected to be a counselor was assigned to one child who suffered from a variety of muscular problems. Our job was to have our child to their designated activities on time, wake them up, get them dressed, and make sure they stayed fed and hydrated. The child I was assigned to could walk but she got extremely tired at times so, she wanted to use her wheelchair. The camp gave the children many opportunities to do things that they normally would not be allowed
I took upon myself his responsibilities and did what needed to be done. I attended meetings, led troop activities, and helped our Troop Leaders. At my church, I often take charge in a portion of our service. The designated leader is hardly ever present so I step in and conduct the meeting. In 2014, I was called as the leader of a group in my church.
In Experiencing the Lifespan (2016), Belsky quotes a person as a teenager and they said "at about age 15, I decided the best way to keep myself off the streets was to get involved in my church youth group. It was my best time of life." In order for Victor to become success he need to become involved in something he is passionate about. Many teens of his age turn to extracurricular activities such as musics or sports. Extracurricular activities are important for teens Victors age because it helps them develop working skills, people skills, and much more. He should Victor should also engage himself in cliques and crowds. Typically when we think of cliques and crowds we think of them in a negative way. These groups are actually beneficial in helping
Serving as a leader for my group for History Fair has really helped me improve my organization and communication skills. We faced many conflicts because my group and I had many ideas and different point of views and I had to be able to bring those ideas together into one functional project. My job as a leader was also to assign different jobs to the members of the group to make it fair to everyone and divide the work equally. At the beginning there were also many conflicts deciding the topic of the project so we decided to pick a group leader and by everybody’s vote I took the position.
Camp Parks has always been at its finest when guided by aspirit of shared sacrifice and common purpose. It is the spirit of the command team standing before you that led a small
While I was in college I had a life transforming encounter with Jesus. This encounter caused me to become more globally minded. Therefore, after graduating college I decided to give a few years of my life to missionary work so that I could positively impact and enhance the communities around me both foreign and domestic. It has been both challenging and rewarding. Just like in athletics, I have learned valuable lessons from ministry as well. During this time as a minister, I have truly learned the value that is found in leading, empowering, developing, and mentoring others. I not only want to reach the fullness of my God-given potential, but I want everyone that is placed around me to be enhanced, inspired, and equipped to reach their potential as well. As a missionary, I know how to call greatness out of those that follow me; those skills will carry over into the Army to benefit and greatly enhance all of the soldiers that are under my leadership. I want to begin a lifelong career of leading in the Army because of the vastness of its reach, the values that it encompasses, and because of the global impact that it continually