"The bottom of the "peace" pyramid (Anatomy of Peace) is building relationships; you have been working on that all along. The next step is to listen and learn. Consider the most important things you may need to pay attention to at this point in the semester, Think about the ways you can listen and learn from students. What question do you need to pose to the residents to get feedback to improve your leadership skills and to meet their needs?"I feel that we have reached a point where people are beginning to be more independent and focus on schoolwork, and relationships with other students. While this isn't a bad thing, it can be concerning. Seeing the community as it was in the first few weeks with everyone doing things together, to the less connected group that I see today,I am not too worried. I believe that everything has led up to this point normally, with relationships building, stagnating, and soon building again. To make sure that I improve my leadership skills and meet the communities needs I need to remain trustworthy and remain a solid person who will always follow what they say, and be open to suggestions. Questioning my own abilities, and my own actions is the only way that I can continue to improve as a person and a leader.
Ok, so what particular questions would you pose to the students to gain more information to improve on your own leadership skills and what questions could you ask to gain more information about continually impacting the community?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading about the relationships in your community "building, stagnating and soon building again". It is interesting to see the relationships take such a nonlinear path. It's comforting to see this occurring in more places than my own community.
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