A final Evaluation

When you stumble, there is a point between the gravitational pull and the second your body weight hits the dirt, that is complete fear. You question why you ever decided to move that day, what you were thinking waking up and participating in any activity that would leave you starring at a mixture of spit and dust forming a puddle around your mouth. The consequences, the stinging of skin that has rubbed with clothe and mangled grasses, a spinning and pounding in your head that only leaves you wishing the memory could be forgotten, and the smirks and chuckles of your fellow peers. But that’s what life is about, right? You get each day, make a decision, either for yourself or for you team, sometimes to fall and other times you hit the nail right on the head. But when you've had an irreversible trip into the dust, the best thing to do is shove your body weight back to a standing position and then step lightly with a little more knowledge of the path.

In the teams class, we have learned a lot about knowledge, about what it takes to grab your team by the hand and head all feet forward, even when you make mistakes, our job is to keep a hold on the situation and figure out together how to a leader that is respected and wise. Each sport that we played brought a different dynamic to the lesson each week, whether it was football, soccer, Mafia, step dancing, there was always something to discover about how we related to each other as leaders and in a larger scheme, employees. I learned a lot about not being a marshmallow leader, about how to be flexible but still stick to my convictions and be as fair as I can.

One of the biggest things I learned this semester is that trust and communication and two of the biggest hurdles that we face as leaders trying to establish positive relationships with other members of any team, whether corporate, athletic, or educational. I know that on the day that Angela and I lead the class, we both had a problem getting a central and consecutive message across. It was either what I was saying or her, we never seemed to be on the same page, and this can explain why we could not develop trust with the other members of the class. But because of this dirty stumble, despite the few stings, I have been able to analyze the situation and prepare for my next role with more clarity.

Over all this semester has been very beneficial to my personal growth as a leader, and as a program, each student has stretched together to discover how to work as a team.