The LSU and Southern AgCenters are pleased that so many of you were able to attend the first reunion of the Leadership Lake Providence class on Oct. 23. To make it easy for you to share your thoughts about the activity from the luncheon, we came up with the following questions. Please share in the comment section of this blog.
How does the activity relate to real world leadership situations?
Could you identify the leader of your group?
How did your group decide on resources to be purchased?
How did your group decide the design structure to be used?
Was there any conflict?
What is the key leadership lesson you learned?
James Barnes and Glenn Dixon
8 comments:
Feel free to leave your comments. I am sure that members who could not make it to the luncheon today will be interested to know what happened.
James and I hope that you will share your comments soon.
1. In relation to real world situations, sometimes we have to work with what we have and shine it using our individual leadersip skills to put our name tag on it.
2. Yes, there were some who dominated in leadership style.
3. There was one person in group A that thought it was absolutely necessary that we purchase the roll of paper towels. There was pretty much no money left to buy anything so the group agreed. Paper towels would be to give the egg a nesting effect therefore it wouldn't break. We agreed on the supplies probably because we didn't want any conflict. However, when we were told to switch spots, there was some conflict because we felt lost. The only resource, we thought, would cushion the egg has now been take away from us and we don't know what to do. With the distraction of losing our resources, we ran out of time to plan for the resources we had left.
I've learned to not whine and complain about what I have to work with and just dig in.
Hello, Glenn. Here's your test!
The activity shows that leaders are faced with situations/problems that require solutions. It was easy to identify the leades in our group; after some collaboration/discussion, the group came to a consensus on what items to purchase. Again, the design was decided based on the items that were purchased. The conflict came when we had to switch places with the other
group; time was limited for collaboration to determine the best use of the materials that were available.
The key lessons learned:
1. Leaders must be able to work well with others.
2. Leaders must be able to deal with unexpected change.
3. Leaders must have several alternatives for solving a problem or dealing with a situation.
What an interesting activity! I think the activity related to the real world leadership situations with the fragileness of an egg. We may have an idea or a project that we are working on that is very delicate. To identify the leader of our group, I think that the ones that spoke up first and asked others what did they think were the "leaders" of our group. Our group decided on what to purchase by evaluating each item that was presented to purchase and how we could use that resource. Then our group made different suggestions on how the design structure was to be used. Yes, we did have some conflict when Dr. Barnes and James told us that we had to switch positions. Change is not always easily accepted. The key leadership lesson that I personally learned is that in put from everyone is necessary, you may have a fragile situation, and that you may have to improvise with what you are given to make a project work. Everyone's imput is very important.
The egg demonstration was truly an eyeopener to the real deal in life.
Things don't always go out as planned, therefore, we must make adjustment to achieve our goals. We were faced with the challenge of "making do". A meeting of the minds is a good way of putting it because it takes a concerted effort of all who are involved to really make things work for the good of any project.
Thank you for your comment. I hope you will encourage others to visit and contribute to this blog.
Glenn
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