Leadership
You demonstrate this competency when you:
- Use the appropriate leadership style for the situation.
- Understand the difference between leadership and management.
- Inspire others towards a shared vision.
- Seek out and leverage diverse resources and feedback from others to inform direction.
- Use innovative thinking to go beyond traditional methods.
- Serve as a role model to others by approaching tasks with confidence and a positive attitude.
- Motivate others by encouraging them and building mutual trust.
- Plan, initiate, manage, complete, and evaluate projects.
- Use conflict resolution skills to resolve or defuse disagreements.
- Articulate team goals and ways to reach those goals.
- Recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals.
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with team members.
- Develop understandings of larger work-related matters such as human motivation, conflict management, group dynamics, and effective work processes
Related Skills
- Communication
- Self-Leadership
- Problem solving
- Active Listening
- Nonverbal communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Facilitation Skills
- Influencing
- Networking
- Relationship Building
- Empathy
- Managing Change
- Project Management
Employers/Graduate programs may seek demonstration of this competency through behavioral interview questions like:
- Tell me about a time when you demonstrated leadership skills.
- Tell me about a time that you took the lead on a difficult project.
- When have you delegated effectively?
- Describe a time when you led by example.
- Describe a situation where you had to collaborate with someone with a different working style.
- Give an example of a strategy you have used to motivate others.
What are some ideas of ways you can continue to develop your competency in leadership?
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Follow your interest: join a campus organization and be active, become a Outdoor Education trip leader, or lead an intramural sports team.
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Become a Priddy Trip Leader.
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Apply for a position as a Residential Advisor.
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Lead a volunteer opportunity or become a part of the CCE coalitions.
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Last updated: 10/12/2023