Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Jennifer Roth
SPRING 2017
Jennifer_roth@my.uri.edu
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Strengths SLIDE #3
Opening Statement SLIDE #4
Section 1: Self Leadership SLIDE #5
Section 2: Leadership Theories SLIDE #7
Section 3: Inclusive Leadership SLIDE #9
Section 4: Critical Thinking SLIDE #11
Section 5: Interpersonal/Organizational Leadership SLIDE #13
Signature Strengths
Developer
Relator
Arranger
Analytical
Responsibility
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OPENING STATEMENT
HDF 190 has taught me a lot about who I am as an individual as
well as a leader. It has allowed me to realize my strengths and
values and understand how I can apply them into my everyday life
and activities. Learning the different leadership models has
allowed me to find what qualities of a leader I value most, and has
made me more aware of how I should live my life. My HDF 190
class is just the start of my leadership journey.
SECTION 1
SELF LEADERSHIP
In my HDF 190 class, we learned about the 4 V’s theory of leadership by Dr. Bill Grace. I learned that Ethical leadership means learning,
understanding, and applying the 4 V’s in your life. The 4 V’s stand for Values, Vision, Voice, and Virtue. Values are core principles that people
base their lives and identities around. Vision is the ability to visualize the big picture and frame their actions on their goals. Voice is the process of
articulating our vision in a way that convinces others to act. And Virtue is the process of understanding that we need to live up to our word and
that we become what we practice, meaning we become the person that we present ourselves to be. All 4 of these ideas are connected to each
other, sharing characteristics that are key in the roles they play in peoples’ lives. All of these things are very heavily connected to our Values. In
HDF 190, we were able to take the VIA strengths test to see what our values strengths were. After taking the test I found out that my strengths
were Fairness, Kindness, Love, Leadership, and Gratitude. Fairness is treating all people the same despite differences, Kindness is doing favors
and good deeds for others, Love is valuing relationships with others, Leadership is being able to guide and organize a group, and Gratitude is
being aware and thankful for the good things in your life. After learning our core values, in class we were given a “Leadership Crest” in which we
were able to write out our own personal values statement. A personal values statement is something that you will base your life around, depicting
your top values and how you plan to apply them and always practice them in your life. For my personal values statement, I decided to focus it
around one of my strengths, Gratitude. It reads, “My top values are Fairness, Kindness, Leadership, Love, and Gratitude. All of these values are
important to me because they relate to every aspect of my life. Gratitude is one of my personal most important values because I like to be
thankful for everything in my life. I plan to utilize this in the future by being aware of all of the little things and not taking them for granted.” Within
one of the clubs that I do, the Student Entertainment Committee, we did something similar to this. At the beginning of the fall semester, our
graduate student asked us to draw on a card one personal statement that we want to be something we follow the whole year. I decided to write,
“Be Yourself” as my personal statement because I think that it is important to live life as your own person, without fearing judgement from others.
Being yourself connects to my values because by being myself, I am sticking to what I believe it and the principles I have close to my heart.
SECTION 2
Leadership Theory and Models
Outcome #27: Student will describe personal application of the above theory:
“Servant Leadership” theory of leadership by Greenleaf
Inclusive leadership is a huge part of the Relational Leadership Model. The Relational Leadership model emphasizes the process of creating purposeful
change. When leading others, it is important to follow the components of this Model. The components include: Inclusive, Empowering, Purposeful, Ethical,
and Process-Oriented. To create my own personal code of inclusive leadership, I look closely at the Inclusive component of the Relational Leadership
Model. Being inclusive refers to including others, and working with others who are different than you. It means that you take into account everyone’s ideas
and points of view and that you do not let anyone feel like they are not a part of the group. I also firmly believe that differences in people make the group
thrive, because each individual has something to offer and everyone has the ability to create purposeful change. Despite race, ethnicity, religion, and other
differences, everyone should be included. I think that everyone’s different strengths and beliefs should be valued. Inclusive leadership is a perfect example
of a place where I utilize a lot of my strengths and values. I utilize my Fairness value because I want to make sure that every person has a chance to speak
up. I try not to favor people or exclude them. I utilize my Responsibility strength by standing up for people who can’t stand up for themselves or don’t have
the confidence to be assertive. I feel like it is my duty to get the people involved who need help getting involved. I also utilize my Relator strength because I
enjoy having close relationships with other people, so I try my hardest to get people to participate and to want to be a part of the group. Using all of this
information, I am able to live my life with an inclusive mindset. I have used this personal code of inclusive leadership throughout my time here at URI. An
example of it is when I participated in Safe Zone Training. I showed my inclusive code of leadership because by going to Safe Zone Training I showed that I
was willing to help make this campus a safe and more welcoming place. The only way to do that is to learn about what you can do to be more inclusive. I
also show this in the Student Entertainment Committee because we value hearing everyone’s different opinions, and we make sure that we hear them all
because everyone should have a say in what musicians, comedians, or movies we bring to campus. This is also important because people have different
interests when it comes to concerts or other events, so we want to make sure we are getting a variety of different acts My Fairness and Responsibility
strength is utilized in both of these things.
Komives, McMahon & Lucas. “The Relational Leadership Model.”
SECTION 4
Critical Thinking