Full Leadership Potential

Welcome everyone to my final blog post regarding leadership potential on campus. First of all, I hope you are all enjoying the Winter Olympics and seeing all of the exciting action. Tonight I want to quickly touch on our final thoughts on developing leadership potential. With the thoughts I mentioned last night, I want to quickly expand on the main areas of leadership we hope to focus on. Leadership, in my mind, should include dedication, communication, teamwork, and responsibility just to name a few characteristics. However, leadership should also focus on community service, continuous learning, personal reflection, and other various aspects that help students fully understand and develop leadership. So how can our campaign help students develop these skills? Our main goals of potential, partnership, and progress all address this thought. Helping students understand what they can accomplish and their potential will help them develop leadership skills. Partnering with other students and developing mentoring opportunities will help develop leadership. Students working together is one of the best ways we can enhance leadership. I want to bring leadership retreats, leadership seminars, and other leadership aspects to our campus. Progress is always a main aspect of leadership. We all know leadership will never be fully developed unless we make progress. I want to help students take small steps to reach large goals. With ISU having so many wonderful traditions, I want leadership to become a tradition at ISU. Employers are looking for students who are looking to lead and take the initiative both in the workplace and out in the community. If we can create a tradition of consistently teaching students to become leaders, ISU will become more of a recruited university. We have some of the top placement ratings in the nation, some of the largest career fairs, but I think there is always room for improvement. It will be my goal to speak with employers, see what they are looking for, and bring that information back to students. I will take the knowledge I gain and share it with all students. Finally, it all comes down to motivating students to succeed. If we can all work together, spread our experiences and knowledge with other, we can truly become an outstanding campus. As a tour guide on campus, I have the honor of speaking to prospective students and their families. While on these tours, I am always honored to represent ISU and our wonderful characteristics. If we all work together, we can add our exceptional leadership opportunities and leadership skills to our recruitment tool to help ISU become a top leadership institution. Stay tuned tomorrow for more of the Roling/Dobbels campaign!