I'm sorry for my late post....
For this post, I'm going to respond to the expedition log in Ch.2.
Well first of all, for me the most important priority of the team is that "whether everyone, every single person, have the equal opportunity to say their opinions". I think this is the most critical and fundamental rule of any team. For instance on the one hand, there are who are good at expressing their opinions clearly and explicitly, but on the other, there are some people who are not good at doing such thing in front of many people. This is the fact which the leader of that team must understand in order to achieve the priority I mentioned. I think the good leader should be good at letting the other people talk at a some kind of conference situation.
For the second point I already mentioned that the leader can show that everyone needs to talk equally by letting others talk and not making the same person talking too much. So for the third point, I don't think I'm giving the right speech to the team to mobilize and encourage. Right now I'm having meetings many times with sophomore students in LAMBS to decide the next executives which is gonna start working practically from September. I'm the one who kind of managing and organizing the meeting consisted of 20 students, but I couldn't do enough to make all the people talk because I was too nervous and hasty wanting to decide many things at once. So I really regret that I failed in organizing the conference.
for the forth point, actually I'm not a leader or anything yet so I can't say anything really...but I feel it would be nice to have a lot of opportunities to talk privately with people who are not willing to express their opinions freely at the executive meeting.
Hey Tomoya! First of all, thank you so much for your sweet comment :) I was having a bad day, but your comment really made my day! Thanks. I'm glad we're able to be in the same section again too! I was listening to your sentence today and it made me go, "AWW!" hehe. I think it well represents your caring and loyal personality.
ReplyDeleteThe point you raised about listening to the oppotunities of every member in a group is really important! I also value that idea but at the same time, I struggle to put that into practice too. But having participated in some recent LAMBS practices, I saw how you reached out to some nervous looking freshmen 15s (and me!). It must be difficult to lead and to include, but the fact that you've taken up that post and the fact that you're aware of the necessity to include others shows you've already taken a large step forward from the Tomoya that didn't know that. So with that in mind, be confident! You're doing a great job :)
woops sorry, i meant, listening to the "opinions", not opportunities... :P
ReplyDeleteHi Tomoya,
ReplyDeleteI too want to thank you for making the great point about listening to everyone, and understanding that you sometimes have to make a special effort to get the quieter voices to speak.
Good stuff,
Ken