1/30/2008

Today's class was about selling yourself to potential employers. If you don't have a compelling reason why a company should hire you, they won't. Plain and simple. We should all be prepare with a scripted five reason why we should be a great asset to a company, you never know when you will need it. Once you have a scripted reason, you can easily find a place to put it in a conversation with an employer, thus making us the candidate any employer would want. Selling ourselves is key.
We finished up class with the leaders being announced and the leaders were assigned to put everyone in groups by next class. They better do it, since if one person is left out then there is a penalty, assumingly for the whole class. So don't let us down already leaders.

1/28/2008

Today we began the process of organizing the class. Dr. Feinburgh asked for those who wanted to be leaders to stand and come to the front of the class. I did not, with no reason why, but my own insecurities. As Feinburgh said, opportunites present themselves all the time and we have to decide what to do. We have to take the opportunities or live with the fate we have chosen. Whatever our reasons, we just need to get over it and our fears, if we don't we won't get the big figure jobs.
We interviewed our potential leaders with using more of an interviewing scenario with Feinburgh asking a question and the applicant answered with a minute time frame. We scored the responses and after all fourteen went we moved on to the next exercise. Feinburgh divided up the fourteen and had them do an exercise to allow us to see how they would react in a practical situation. After the first ten minutes the second group went for the same amount of time. We again scored the exercise and totaled them up. The scores will be evaluated and our leaders announced next time.
Finally we wrote down what we learned for the day for extra credit and that was class. So my final thought for the day, get over your fears, they will do nothing but hold you back!

1/23/2008

Today there was no class due to schedule conflicts with Feinburgh. Our assignment for the first individual memo was given, which was to watch the wonderful animated film Ratatouile and answer the provided questions. I must admit this is an assignment I can really enjoy.

1/14/2007

Today was considered the fist real day of class and it was very interesting. We talked about how the class will be and how this class will change our lives if we stick it out and put forth the necessary effort. Leadership is all around us and without it we would be "dead." We all have the countless opportunities everyday to make ourselves and our lives better. I can honestly say that I am looking forward to completing this course and change my life for the better.
Oh, and Mom, I love you!

The first week is over

Well the first week of the 2008 Spring semester is over and for CSR 309 it was interesting. The first day was full of infomercials. These informercials are the ones that sell the make life amazing in every single way in just days kind but they had a point, well one that I saw anyways. The point was that the successful people in this world have a plan or a strategy that guides them to their many successes.
The second class day was definitely interesting. The assignment was to talk about leadership in the here and now in large groups. Obviously the entire class missed the point, myself included, as to what we were supposed to do. All that was accomplished was a lot of people trying to take control without any power to do so and all the chaos that the situation creates.
Now that I have completely read the syllabus, I am interested on what the rest of the semester will bring.