To empower someone is to “give power to someone thus result in a greater sense of confidence/self esteem and ability to do a task.” What do you need to empower someone? I feel you need to understand that other person; you need to know what he/she likes to do and what they are interested in. Sure, you can get to know someone from looking at his/her resume but you cant get to know the strengths and weaknesses of this person without really getting to know them and becoming more than acquaintances.
There are six different words that really side with empowerment such as:
• Empowerment: to enable other (through clear instructions and trust)
• Motivation: An incentive or move to action
• Encouragement: To inspire with hope, confidence or courage
• Recognition: to acknowledge the contribution of another
• Praise: To recognize others and praise them for good work
• Appreciation: To thank others for their contribution
There are three dimensions of motivation: extrinsic rationale, relational rationale, and intrinsic rationale. These three ways are for someone to help motivate someone else.
When I think about empowerment and whom I would want to empower, I think about my little sister. I want to motivate her and give her whatever she needs to be successful in life and I want her to be able to get anything she wants if she puts her mind to it.
Another place I would want to empower somebody is at the camp I work at called The Painted Turtle. This is a camp for children with systemic diseases. Each week during the summer is a different disease week. I hope that when I am a counselor at this camp over the summer I motivate some of the campers to do what ever they put their minds to. No matter what disease they have, nothing can stop them from doing anything that a “normal” kid does.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Culture
What is culture? Culture is “the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations; the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group.”
Each background, religion, race, or group has a different culture. My dad is from Romania and my mom is American. They have two completely different backgrounds. Each one has a different view on life and a different view on work ethics. My dad moved from Romania to America when he was nine, however, his parents still brought him up with the same Romanian values. When him and my mom got married, it was so different for him because he was taking on completely American lifestyle.
There are so many different cultures and each of those cultures has different morals. When I think about my background and religion, I realize that we have different traditions than many other religions as well. In the Jewish religion, we have a custom to have Shabbat every Friday. Shabbat is the day of rest. It lasts from Friday sun down until Saturday sun down. During this time there should be no work, electricity, carrying, or chores that should be done. Theses 24 hours are the hours of rest. During this time the reason one isn’t supposed to use any electricity and not supposed to do any work because G-d made the world in 7 days. The seventh day was the day to rest. The end of the week. It is the one-day where you are supposed to relax and enjoy time with your family.
For one of the high holidays my family and I always to California to spend it with some family friends. Our family friends are Persian. The Persian culture is very different too. When they tell us to come over for dinner at 5, what it really means is 7:30. Its not that it is bad, it’s just what they mean.
Some cultures it is impolite to come late, some cultures it is impolite to look straight in the eye, to eat before the elders, to finish your whole meal, and many many more. In each country, in every person’s home, in every different restaurant, there is something that someone has never seen before. Its not good just say forget about it, one must embrace it and learn someone else’s beliefs or cultures.
I love to travel. My family takes a backpacking trip every summer. We go to a different country each time. I love exploring different places and learning all about each individual countries cultures. I feel it can broaden your view and can teach you so many things that you wouldn’t learn just by sitting in your own home.
Each background, religion, race, or group has a different culture. My dad is from Romania and my mom is American. They have two completely different backgrounds. Each one has a different view on life and a different view on work ethics. My dad moved from Romania to America when he was nine, however, his parents still brought him up with the same Romanian values. When him and my mom got married, it was so different for him because he was taking on completely American lifestyle.
There are so many different cultures and each of those cultures has different morals. When I think about my background and religion, I realize that we have different traditions than many other religions as well. In the Jewish religion, we have a custom to have Shabbat every Friday. Shabbat is the day of rest. It lasts from Friday sun down until Saturday sun down. During this time there should be no work, electricity, carrying, or chores that should be done. Theses 24 hours are the hours of rest. During this time the reason one isn’t supposed to use any electricity and not supposed to do any work because G-d made the world in 7 days. The seventh day was the day to rest. The end of the week. It is the one-day where you are supposed to relax and enjoy time with your family.
For one of the high holidays my family and I always to California to spend it with some family friends. Our family friends are Persian. The Persian culture is very different too. When they tell us to come over for dinner at 5, what it really means is 7:30. Its not that it is bad, it’s just what they mean.
Some cultures it is impolite to come late, some cultures it is impolite to look straight in the eye, to eat before the elders, to finish your whole meal, and many many more. In each country, in every person’s home, in every different restaurant, there is something that someone has never seen before. Its not good just say forget about it, one must embrace it and learn someone else’s beliefs or cultures.
I love to travel. My family takes a backpacking trip every summer. We go to a different country each time. I love exploring different places and learning all about each individual countries cultures. I feel it can broaden your view and can teach you so many things that you wouldn’t learn just by sitting in your own home.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Groups
There are so many types of groups. There are groups in middle school, high school, college, and all throughout ones life. What does the word cohesive mean? Having a cohesive group is a very united set in stone group of people that can work together. For an example a sorority or a fraternity might be thought of as a very cohesive group. Each person in that fraternity or sorority has an individual attraction. “People in group are connected to each other.” They like to hang out and they have mutual things in common.
A community also has a cohesive group. Everyone in a community stands by each other. Almost like a family. A family is there for each other no matter what. If someone goes through a difficult time then another family member is there to pick him or her back up. A sports team needs teamwork. Cohesion is teamwork. The members of the team need to be committed to the group because if one person does something then the rest of the team does the same thing and goes through the exact same circumstances.
The next part of a group is collective efficacy. Collective efficacy is the amount of effectiveness the group can do as a whole. As a group, everyone goes through almost the same things. If one fails, the rest of the team fails. If one wins, the whole team wins. Everything is a whole.
Tuckman has a model of group development. Forming is the first group. Forming is a group that comes together and gets to know each other. Forming is known as the honeymoon stage. The second stage is storming. Storming is when the honeymoon stage comes to an end. Conflicts start to come up. Next is Norming. Norming is the part where the honeymoon stage is over and the conflicts start to cool down, this is when the group gets to know each other a little more. They start to learn how each other works. Performing is where a group goes beyond routine and actually gets into a rhythm and synergy with each other. The last part of Tuckman’s model of group development is adjourning. Adjourning is when a group comes to an end and lets go of the group structure and process in an effort to move on with his or her life.
There are many assets to a group. Some assets are: knowledge, skill, resource, and network. One needs a few of these in order to contribute to a group. In high school, my graduating class only had 14 students. However, there were only 14, each one of had different assets that we brought to becoming a great cohesive group that works well together and listens to each others thoughts.
A community also has a cohesive group. Everyone in a community stands by each other. Almost like a family. A family is there for each other no matter what. If someone goes through a difficult time then another family member is there to pick him or her back up. A sports team needs teamwork. Cohesion is teamwork. The members of the team need to be committed to the group because if one person does something then the rest of the team does the same thing and goes through the exact same circumstances.
The next part of a group is collective efficacy. Collective efficacy is the amount of effectiveness the group can do as a whole. As a group, everyone goes through almost the same things. If one fails, the rest of the team fails. If one wins, the whole team wins. Everything is a whole.
Tuckman has a model of group development. Forming is the first group. Forming is a group that comes together and gets to know each other. Forming is known as the honeymoon stage. The second stage is storming. Storming is when the honeymoon stage comes to an end. Conflicts start to come up. Next is Norming. Norming is the part where the honeymoon stage is over and the conflicts start to cool down, this is when the group gets to know each other a little more. They start to learn how each other works. Performing is where a group goes beyond routine and actually gets into a rhythm and synergy with each other. The last part of Tuckman’s model of group development is adjourning. Adjourning is when a group comes to an end and lets go of the group structure and process in an effort to move on with his or her life.
There are many assets to a group. Some assets are: knowledge, skill, resource, and network. One needs a few of these in order to contribute to a group. In high school, my graduating class only had 14 students. However, there were only 14, each one of had different assets that we brought to becoming a great cohesive group that works well together and listens to each others thoughts.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Mission and Vision
A mission statement is a statement of purpose/ core values. Every company or organization has a mission statement. It is meant to explain its values of the company, how an organization will represent itself, and will assist in decision making of the organization.
All airlines, restaurants, stores, and companies have mission statements. Not only do organizations have mission statements but there are also personal mission statements. A personal Mission statement is “a statement of one’s timeless values.” For example, my personal mission statement would be “I hope to inspire and learn endlessly from all of my loved ones.”
In this video clip, Jerry McGuire is writing a mission statement about his business. I fell this clip really describes what a mission statement really is and how much work and effort it takes to create a great statement.
Having a vision can be very broad. Although having a vision can be broad a vision can always change into something better or worse it depends on which direction one goes. I feel that everyone has a vision. One could have a vision for his/her company, for his/her life, family, and community. No one knows exactly what is going to happen, it is all about the turn that one takes to make his/her life what they want.
I envision a world in which there is no danger in the streets, where everyone is happy to be where they are, where there is no struggle to survive, and where my friends and family are secure in the present and the future.
All airlines, restaurants, stores, and companies have mission statements. Not only do organizations have mission statements but there are also personal mission statements. A personal Mission statement is “a statement of one’s timeless values.” For example, my personal mission statement would be “I hope to inspire and learn endlessly from all of my loved ones.”
In this video clip, Jerry McGuire is writing a mission statement about his business. I fell this clip really describes what a mission statement really is and how much work and effort it takes to create a great statement.
Having a vision can be very broad. Although having a vision can be broad a vision can always change into something better or worse it depends on which direction one goes. I feel that everyone has a vision. One could have a vision for his/her company, for his/her life, family, and community. No one knows exactly what is going to happen, it is all about the turn that one takes to make his/her life what they want.
I envision a world in which there is no danger in the streets, where everyone is happy to be where they are, where there is no struggle to survive, and where my friends and family are secure in the present and the future.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Toxic Leadership
When I think of toxic leadership, I think about the wicked witch in snow white. Although it sounds like a silly idea, it is true, it is toxic leadership. Toxic leadership is defined as doing something only for you. If a leader acts like he or she is doing something for you.... he or she probably isn't. There are two types of toxic leaders:
-Intentional toxic leaders: Deliberately inure others or enhance themselves at others’ expense
-Unintentional toxic leaders: Engage in careless and reckless actions, including incompetence, nonetheless causing negative effects
Looking back at high school and middle school I feel like I was tagged a long by a lot of toxic leaders. I am the type of person that will want to do anything for someone as long as it doesn’t physically hurt me. I want to please everyone even if it takes me out of my way. However, even though I will do anything for someone in need, sometimes I am chosen to do things by someone because they think and know I will do that particular task even if it is only helping them out. I will always think of someone else before myself and that’s the tricky part. Letting a toxic leader tag you a long can really hurt your self-esteem and can definitely change your opinion on people that are really trying to help you personally in your future.
My little sister is in seventh grade. She goes to a private school with around twenty-five students in her class. She has a very sweet and innocent personality to her. When she is told or asked to do something by her fellow classmates, it always reminds me of when I was younger. Her friends are very sweet however some of them are not so nice to everyone in the class. They are at an age where a person thinks about himself or herself, they want things for themselves and try to accomplish things to get more. It is normal to want things for you but at this age they are doing things against other people to get what they want. However, time and peoples personalities do not change.
Some of the characteristics of a toxic leader are; incompetence, malfunctioning, irresponsible, amoral, cowardice, arrogance, selfish values, and malicious. That is just some of the characteristics. There are many more.
When I think of toxic leadership, I think about all of the Disney princess movies. I think of all of the story backgrounds because in each story, there is a good person and a bad witch. The bad witch will always want the good little girl and something that she has. The witch always tries to lure the princess to trust her so that the princess will open up and tell the witch all of the secrets or values.
-Intentional toxic leaders: Deliberately inure others or enhance themselves at others’ expense
-Unintentional toxic leaders: Engage in careless and reckless actions, including incompetence, nonetheless causing negative effects
Looking back at high school and middle school I feel like I was tagged a long by a lot of toxic leaders. I am the type of person that will want to do anything for someone as long as it doesn’t physically hurt me. I want to please everyone even if it takes me out of my way. However, even though I will do anything for someone in need, sometimes I am chosen to do things by someone because they think and know I will do that particular task even if it is only helping them out. I will always think of someone else before myself and that’s the tricky part. Letting a toxic leader tag you a long can really hurt your self-esteem and can definitely change your opinion on people that are really trying to help you personally in your future.
My little sister is in seventh grade. She goes to a private school with around twenty-five students in her class. She has a very sweet and innocent personality to her. When she is told or asked to do something by her fellow classmates, it always reminds me of when I was younger. Her friends are very sweet however some of them are not so nice to everyone in the class. They are at an age where a person thinks about himself or herself, they want things for themselves and try to accomplish things to get more. It is normal to want things for you but at this age they are doing things against other people to get what they want. However, time and peoples personalities do not change.
Some of the characteristics of a toxic leader are; incompetence, malfunctioning, irresponsible, amoral, cowardice, arrogance, selfish values, and malicious. That is just some of the characteristics. There are many more.
When I think of toxic leadership, I think about all of the Disney princess movies. I think of all of the story backgrounds because in each story, there is a good person and a bad witch. The bad witch will always want the good little girl and something that she has. The witch always tries to lure the princess to trust her so that the princess will open up and tell the witch all of the secrets or values.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Followership
Followership
What is followership? According to Miriam-Webster dictionary followership is “the capacity or willingness to follow a leader.” In class we went over what people would do if they were put in a situation to either stand up and be a leader or just sit back in the stands and wait for something else to happen.
Over the summer, I work at a camp for kids with systemic diseases. Each week is a different disease and no matter what is wrong with the child, they know that when one is at this particular camp nothing else matters and it’s all about them. When I come to this camp it makes me think about how special each and every one of these kids are. I learn so much about each one in the whole summer that I am there. It makes me think about how unique each one of them is and how much every single one of them makes a difference and show their true leadership abilities. It must be so scary to come to a camp where everyone has the same disease as you, but it also must be so nice to know that there is followership there. You come and follow the people around you because you know that you will fit in.
I feel that in every situation there is going to be someone that follows the one in front of them. It’s almost like a domino effect. Once one stands up and shows they are a leader, one is going to follow, and then the next is going to follow the one in front. Followership is not necessarily a bad thing because you have to be a follower once in order to be a leader. However, even though being a follower isn’t a bad thing, I feel like it stops one from making the honest decisions that one would make in a dire situation that one should make in order to stay true to oneself.
Ever since I was two years old, I have been dancing. When one is in a dance class, at the end of the year you have a performance in front of all your friends and family. In order to be in this group dance, you need to know how to follow because each person is put in a row, and you are to follow the one in front of you. Not only do you have to follow the person in front of you, you need to learn how to pick up fast and learn the routine.
All of this consists of following and is describing followership. Followership is “the capacity or willingness to follow a leader.” Everyone goes through followership throughout his or her life. It is a process to become a follower and then eventually a leader.
What is followership? According to Miriam-Webster dictionary followership is “the capacity or willingness to follow a leader.” In class we went over what people would do if they were put in a situation to either stand up and be a leader or just sit back in the stands and wait for something else to happen.
Over the summer, I work at a camp for kids with systemic diseases. Each week is a different disease and no matter what is wrong with the child, they know that when one is at this particular camp nothing else matters and it’s all about them. When I come to this camp it makes me think about how special each and every one of these kids are. I learn so much about each one in the whole summer that I am there. It makes me think about how unique each one of them is and how much every single one of them makes a difference and show their true leadership abilities. It must be so scary to come to a camp where everyone has the same disease as you, but it also must be so nice to know that there is followership there. You come and follow the people around you because you know that you will fit in.
I feel that in every situation there is going to be someone that follows the one in front of them. It’s almost like a domino effect. Once one stands up and shows they are a leader, one is going to follow, and then the next is going to follow the one in front. Followership is not necessarily a bad thing because you have to be a follower once in order to be a leader. However, even though being a follower isn’t a bad thing, I feel like it stops one from making the honest decisions that one would make in a dire situation that one should make in order to stay true to oneself.
Ever since I was two years old, I have been dancing. When one is in a dance class, at the end of the year you have a performance in front of all your friends and family. In order to be in this group dance, you need to know how to follow because each person is put in a row, and you are to follow the one in front of you. Not only do you have to follow the person in front of you, you need to learn how to pick up fast and learn the routine.
All of this consists of following and is describing followership. Followership is “the capacity or willingness to follow a leader.” Everyone goes through followership throughout his or her life. It is a process to become a follower and then eventually a leader.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Process Theory
Knowing, being, and doing. What does that make you think of? To me, it makes me think of someone going through life experiencing it to its fullest. Someone that takes every opportunity they can to go through and experience everything they can to become the person they are truly supposed to be.
According to the relational leadership model knowing is having knowledge and understanding of the principle. I feel that everyone can have knowledge about something. Everyone is great in at least one thing. When I think about knowledgeable people, the first person that comes to mind is my dad. If I have question about life, school, homework, or education, my dad is the person I go to. My dad is the most inspiring and intellectual person I know. He is the one I go to whenever I have questions about homework or the world. He never seems to fail as an educator in my life. My dad has taught me from right and wrong and has also guided me to make the decisions that have altered my life.
Being is having attitudes and beliefs related to the principle. If there is anyone who I would consider being, it would be the president of the United States, President Obama. I feel that President Obama has so many qualities that would make him being. He has different opinions and altered decisions about his commitments to the United States and the people that he has inspired everyday. President Barack Obama has given a face of change and hope. He has given people of the United States confidence that everything will turn out the right way and that we will change together.
Doing is described as acting in accordance with the principle. When one grows up and goes through preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and high school, there are rules and regulations that one must follow. Each grade level there are different procedures that one must follow. For example, during kindergarten you have to follow the leader. There is a rule and by doing, one is obeying the law. Each state and country has different rules and the people that live in these areas are the ones that have to do act in accordance with these principles.
Knowing: having knowledge and understanding of the principle. Being: having attitudes and beliefs related to the principle. Doing: acting in accordance with the principle. These words that are in the relational leadership model, all outline and leadership model and all shape a human beings mindset in order to be an organized and well thought out role model.
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