Language Barrier Gone Right Weeds up to my waist, I surveyed the small garden plot that I had rented for the summer. As I weighed the obstacles in my path, my confidence in my gardening abilities quickly diminished. Pushing aside my fearfulness, little by little, I started to tame the unruly plot, rich soil revealing itself with each willful yank. After several minutes, a gentle tap on my shoulder interrupted my struggle. A woman with worn-through gloves and an empathetic smile kneeled next to me, politely ushering me out of the way. I obliged, latching desperately onto her display of … [Read more...]
Leadership Lessons for Every Career Focus and Major
Schools, self-help books, blog posts and social media, are full of neatly defined steps to leadership. For example, I was browsing through a popular online business publication yesterday and as I scrolled down, I read, “The Top 10 Qualities that Make a Great Leader” and “Top 100 Inspirational Quotes.” We are drawn to headlines like these because we hope they will help provide parameters that allow us to get from our starting point to our end goal. We know it will be hard but we hope someone can make leadership easy for us- and reframe it as a neat and tidy final destination. Take … [Read more...]