Mondays are not typically my most favorite days but today was an exception. Spent most the day working away and making some progress towards getting stuff done. It was fun and productive. Which is nice because lately I've been busy but not able to really concentrate on one thing and knock it out - too many interruptions and unexpected fires to put out. I just need one evening to be in the office after hours so that I can buckle down and get it done but that's a lot more challenging than it should be...
About a month ago I signed up for a free webinar on implementing a leadership assessment into a TRiO program - we are a long, long way from where we need to be but I'm always on the lookout for tools to make our program better, even if we can't implement them right now. Of course, two hours before it started I got the dreaded phone call from the daycare - sick kid. That always seems to happen at the most inconvenient times...not that I ever want my kiddos to be sick but I never get that call on down days. Never. So I missed it. I was so disappointed!
But I did get a follow-up email with an access code to take the assessment, which I did. It identified 5 traits about my personality, which are to be used as strengths. My number one strength was - big surprise - communication. Yep, I'm a talker! This will not be shocking to those that know me - if it's one thing I can always do it's talk. This has been helpful in my job because I do enjoy presenting and coming up with fun workshops - I do like the creative process of finding different ways to share information. And obviously, I like to write too. I always have. I used to write stories and poems and when I was young I kept a diary. Then I got old enough to actually have interesting things to write in the diary and I decided that maybe I didn't need to record so much about my life...
My second strongest trait was empathy. I would like to think that I strive to understand others but I was surprised that this was my number two...I don't know how adept I am at sensing other's feelings but I do think it's important to try to understand those around me. I was, however, always good at sensing when people had something to hide...of course, I'm not sure this was actually a case of "sensing" or just plain old paying attention. Or in the case of some of my former boyfriends, just sloppiness on their part. I mean, nothing screams cheating as obviously as picking up your girlfriend from the airport with hickeys on your neck. That was just dumb and in poor taste.
So we're going to use this curriculum for our state leadership program. I got confirmation from someone that has used it that it's useful and worthwhile. It will be nice that I will have some time to become familiar with it before I start using it with my students. Plus I'm just excited to see what everyone's strengths are...so super pumped to get this stuff going. I think we are going to have an awesome leadership program!
So thank you Monday for being kind, let's keep the rhythm for tomorrow and see what else I can accomplish...I may even be able to see my desk by the end of the week!
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