Challenging the Process

In my paper about developing leadership I wrote how a good leader is courageous and challenges the system and old rules and traditions. Then when reading the text it was awesome to find the same point. Change is can be good. If our country did not change than our country would not be where it is today. Our constitution used to say that black people were only ¾ of a person and that women couldn’t vote. Can you imagine what today would be like if something hadn’t changed. I know that some of my very close friends I would have never met. I might not be in college if it wasn’t for women becoming closer to equality to men. Change is something that does not always just happen. A leader has to be looking for a way to innovate and better a situation, group, event, place, and system. Sometimes the changes that need or could take place are not obvious and you have to look at things from a different angle. To cause an innovation or a change for the better you have to communicate with your group and decide what would be best for EVERYONE. It’s okay to take risks. If something doesn’t work it is okay to go back to the old.

Kouzes Exercise 5

I

1.       We can’t do Fool’s Fest because our team cannot afford to travel that far. X

2.       We can’t practice at a time where everyone is able to come X

3.       Participation is hard because of homework load X

4.       Too Expensive X

II.

1.       Talk to other groups who have built a group from scratch

2.       Look up ideas on how to fundraise

I am going to try super hard on the fundraisers this spring so we do not have to pay so much for traveling since I am cutting back at work.