The Key to Leadership The concept of leadership is a little bit different for everyone. One person’s idea of a perfect leader may be the complete opposite of another’s. Leadership takes on many different forms. Some leaders are extremely outspoken and authoritative, while others are very quiet and contemplative. I recently read a blog post […]
Kill ’em with Kindness
October 3, 2012Martha Stewart. Steve Jobs. Donald Trump. What do these people have in common? We have all had that one leader in a group setting with a domineering attitude, or we have been that person ourselves, all in the name of getting work done or reaching a goal. And prior to, you leave with an even […]
Environmental Service and Community Engagement
October 3, 2012Because I am from a military family, I have lived in my hometown of Jacksonville, NC on and off for about half my life. Every time I would move back, the state of the river which the city is located on, the New River, would change: but for the better. In the 1980s, the waste […]
The Beauty of Leadership!
October 3, 2012Are leaders born or can anyone become a leader? That is the big question! Some say that leaders are born and that there is a natural selection. The distinction between two groups; the leaders and the followers. Nevertheless, one cannot exist without the other. Both aspects are equally important. Anyone with the necessary tools can […]
Diversity Makes it Possible
October 3, 2012When news surfaced that our LCE LCC class would be beginning a blog on leadership I went where any normal college student goes for inspiration, the internet. However, this didn’t necessarily help narrow my thoughts on such a broad topic. In fact, it did quite the opposite. The third page I came across began with […]
How Do You Unite a Community?
October 2, 2012Okay, you heard me! How do you unite a community? It can be over anger, joy, trepidation, confusion, excitement or tragedy. Find a common theme? What it boils down to emotion. We as people act more on emotion than we realize. It drives us to stand up for what we want and it triggers passionate […]
Leadership is Arbitrary
October 2, 2012Do you know what the formal definition of Leadership is? Probably not. So go on and look it up in the dictionary. Ok, well at least Google it. Webster’s Dictionary defines leadership as, “the office or position of a leader,” while dictionary.com says leadership is, “the ability to lead.” So, why are these definitions so […]
Leading to Be Judged
October 2, 2012As humans, we have an innate ability to judge everyone even if we don’t mean to. It is a conscious decision we have to make in order to not judge people. In everyday situations, we do it all the times. When we are ordering in a restaurant, we judge the server. We look at the […]
The “School” of Leadership
October 2, 2012By Lori Lawson Last week (or perhaps this week) one of my peers posted a blog entry entitled Learning or Getting Good Grades?. While the author may not have realized their connection to our weekly discussion, I immediately knew the importance of this post. During our last meeting, we discussed whether it is more important […]
Learning or Getting Good Grades?
October 1, 2012I’m going to go a little off-topic and not talk about leadership, exactly, although I do think this could certainly pertain to leadership. Growing up, my parents taught me good work ethic, helped me with homework, and set certain standards for my education so that when I began to take control of that education (in […]