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Skill/Attribute Self-Development Self-Awareness Developing self-awareness involves assessing your own strengths, weaknesses, values, motivations, passions, and

your own leadership style. It helps you verbalize and prioritize what is important to you Self-Management Developing self-management skills involves learning about your own sense of integrity, initiative, accountability, adaptability, goal setting, and wellness. It teaches you to stop and reflect on how you view things Interpersonal Development Relationship Building Developing relationship building skills involves improving your ability to be empathetic, inclusive, impartial, and fair. It also stresses the importance of trust in relationship building Communication Skills Developing communication skills is about learning how to listen. It is about effectively communicating within cultures and between cultures in non-verbal, verbal, and written formats Ethical Practices Developing ethical practices will build your awareness and ability to empower people and use your own power in positive ways. It will improve your decision-making and help you exert influence in synergistic ways, as well as teach you the importance of integrity in fostering and maintaining interpersonal relationships Team Development Team development emphasizes building critical skills for use in team environments such as facilitation, collaboration, conflict resolution, followership, compromise, and assessing group dynamics Organizational Group/ Development

Leadership Objective

Evidence

Have a better understanding of my strengths and weaknesses

Completed the ECI-U and other leadership assessments

Take the initiative to find an opportunity that would apply towards my biological interest and future

Acted as a research assistant for an graduate student

Build positive and influential relationships within an organization on campus

Held position of Sigma Kappa Assistant to New Member Education

Enhance my overall communication skills through an intercultural communication experience

Participated in study abroad to improve communication in a secondary language

Practice my integrity in an employment setting

Employed as a residence hall desk clerk

Develop my team building skills with a group of students that have the same interests as me

Participated in IB 447

Skill/Attribute Leading Change Developing skills in leading change is critical to your future as well as the future of others. We live in a dynamic world that demands skills such as visioning, creativity, risktaking, personal resiliency, and modeling in everything we do. We all recognize the value of leading change rather than being left behind. Project and Program Effectiveness Developing skills in project and program effectiveness are vital to the success of any organization. We can help you develop your ability to organize, budget, plan, delegate, and continuously improve. Because organizations are made up of people, it is important to recognize accomplishment, celebrate success, retain valuable human assets, document progress, and assess the impact of variables that affect your organization. Systems Thinking Developing systems thinking skills can enhance your ability to analyze the complexity of organizational environments. It can also help you develop perspectives in critical thinking and build competencies in assessing the affect of environmental factors on your organization. It can help you understand how politics play a part in organizational contexts and even show you how to use technology. Community Building Developing community building skills is inherent to any organization, because every organization is a community of people. Illinois Leadership can help you learn more about citizenship, cultural understanding, and coalition building. Transitional Development

Leadership Objective Find a cause I am passionate about and work to advance the work of the cause

Evidence Participated in LINC courses

Help organize and plan a project with a campus organization

Held position of Alternative Spring Break trip facilitator

Enhance critical thinking in a position that is dependent on many different factors

Held summer employment with the United States Department of Agriculture

Learn more about the importance of community building in different cultural and social situations

Participated in six Alternative Spring Break Trips

Skill/Attribute Transitional Leadership Transitional leadership skills help you make the most out of your transitions. It will also help you contribute in the best way possible to your family, coworkers, employees, friends, and people you have never even met. Transitional leadership has one main dimension. Sustaining leadership. Developing sustaining leadership skills will help you realize your goals. More importantly, it will help others reach their goals. Sustaining leadership is about networking with others and making sure that perpetual learning is available to all of us. It is about coaching, developing others, and mentoring. It is about sharing experiences, knowledge, and insight.

Leadership Objective Participate in a project that extends beyond myself and my own experience at the University of Illinois