Enlisting Others

How do we enlist others?

We appeal to common ideas by:

• connecting to what's meaningful to others
• take pride in being unique
• align your dream with the people's dream.

We also animate the vision by:

• using symbolic language
• make images of the future
• practice positive communication
• express emotions
• speak from the heart

"You have to paint a powerfully compelling picture of the future

 for people to want to align with the vision" Vicky Ngo-Roberti

Clarify Values

I truly believe that becoming a good leader is really about finding yourself and knowing what is important to you. You must know what you care about in order to get others to follow you. One of lessons was to list our values and then get with our group and find out which values we shared. As we worked through the exercise we came up with our shared value. Once we established those we had a much easier time reaching our goals.

As the book states,

"Shared values make a significant positive difference in work attitudes and performance."

Qualities of a leader

What do people look for in a leader?

Honest - worthy of trust
     Forward looking - sense of direction
          Inspiring - enthusiastic, energetic, positive
               Competent - relevant experience, sound judgement

Five Practices of Exemplary Leadeship

"Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen." Alan Keithk, Genentech

Leadership can happen anywhere and at anytime and there are five practices of exemplary leadership. When we model the way we clarify values and set the example. To inspire a vision is to envision the future and enlist others. When we challenge the process we search for opportunities, experiment and take risks. By enabling others we foster collaboration and strengthen others. By encouraging the heart we recognize contributions and celebrate the values and victories.

Community Service

Arbor Day - April 28, 2011

What a great experience this was.

We helped market the event, helped with registration at the event,

and planted two trees. Now every time I walk by that section of the UNLV campus, I will remember when I plugged into the community and did something meaningful.



Being of Service

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."  Mahatma Gandhi

Ways to be of service:

Volunteering - performing service with no pay
Community service - individuals/organization that provide service to benefit the community
Service learning - 1. learn background information (educational) 2. do meaningful community service 3. reflection
Civic engagement - indentifying and addressing a public concern (acting on heighten sense of responsibility to ones community).
Social justice - distribution of advantages and disadvantages within a society; putting everyone on the same level and providing same opportunity.

Wellnes Wheel

Wellness is a Journey, not a Destination

To have balance in my life it is important to know myself.



Wellness is defined by Merriam Webster as “a state of being in good health especially as an actively sought goal” (www.m-w.com).  We often only consider physical health when deciding whether or not someone is “well.”  Eating nutritiously and exercising are necessary for a healthy lifestyle, but they make up just a part of total wellness.  Wellness has several components, and it is often depicted as a wheel with several spokes.  The  wellness wheel depicted at the bottom has seven spokes: physical, mental, spiritual, career, social, family, and financial.  If areas (spokes) of the one’s wellness are under developed or neglected, the “wheel” (i.e. wellness) will be off balance.  Wellness is when there is a degree of balance among the areas.  What one considers “optimal wellness” is based on their needs, experiences, and circumstances.  As we go through life’s challenges and joys, the different aspects of wellness will fall in and out of balance and may need more attention than other areas.  

http://www.wright.edu/administration/wellness/wellnesswheel.htm