CULTIVATING LEADERSHIP Discover Your Leadership Potential (And don’t eat your candy yet)

Getting to know you: Share by Number All: Introduce yourselves, Campus, Role On Campus 1.Your biggest current challenge you are experiencing at work 2.Something you appreciate about your campus 3.Something you appreciate about your coworkers 4.What you like about your current job 5.One thing (work related) you want to improve about yourself in the next six months

First Impressions Activity Step 1: Take an index card and a piece of tape Step 2: Help a partner attach the index card to their back Step 3: One Word First Impressions Go around the room and write down a one-word first impression of as many people as possible. Be truthful and be positive.

First Impressions Activity cont… Step 4: Circle the one feedback that least represents yourself Step 5: On the back of the index card, write down the first impression that most represents yourself

First Impressions continued … First impressions are EVERYTHING They set the bar for future conversations and working relationships It takes time to improve a first impression It takes effort to live up to a first impression

Introductions and PELP

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath Discover your core strengths and lead with them.

34 Strengths and Ideas for Action Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical Arranger Belief Command Communication Competition Harmony Ideation Includer Individualization Input Intellection Learner Maximizer Positivity Connectedness Consistency Context Deliberative Developer Discipline Empathy Focus Futuristic Relator Responsibility Restorative Self-Assurance Significance Strategic Woo

Barack Obama Activator Communication Empathy Ideation Relator

34 Strengths: Write 3 For You to Lead With Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical Arranger Belief Command Communication Competition Harmony Ideation Includer Individualization Input Intellection Learner Maximizer Positivity Connectedness Consistency Context Deliberative Developer Discipline Empathy Focus Futuristic Relator Responsibility Restorative Self-Assurance Significance Strategic Woo

Master Builder Activity Goal: World’s tallest office supply structure. Phase 1: Plan for five minutes Make a plan of action using the sheet of paper provided Do Not Touch any of the supplies Can only use the supplies that are provided The structure must be freestanding, on the ground and must stand for 5 seconds. You will have five minutes to construct your masterpiece.

What strengths do others see in you? Partner up with someone from your Master Builder activity Share with each other one strength that you see in the other person Write that strength on the index card *There should now be five words on the back of your index card

Five Small Things Find another partner Exchange index cards Write (for your partner) five famous individuals that personify each of the strengths listed

Five small things cont… You now have a list of individuals whose strengths mirrors your strengths and whose success is your potential Most if not all started from small beginnings and are known for leading with their strengths

Potential In Small Beginnings A single domino has the potential to knock down the leaning Tower of Pisa

THANK YOU!!! Brandon Marc Higa - Jacque Honda - Camaron Miyamoto - Sid Savara - William Castillo -