Friday’s simulation, titled “Climbing Mount Everest”, put our decision-making and team leadership skills to the test. In this simulation, I was placed on a team with four other people and we were each given a unique role. There was a team leader, an environmentalist, a photographer, a physician, and a marathoner. Personally, my role was…

Today’s simulation, titled “Power and Influence”, gave us the opportunity to lead organization-wide strategic change for the fictitious sunglasses company, Spectrum Sunglass. The main objective was to gain support for a sustainability initiative. I experienced how when a leader suggests change, they may be met with resistance. I realized this when I noticed some colleagues…

Today’s simulation, titled “Patient Zero”, immersed our team within the context of a zombie apocalypse and required us to make a series of five increasingly difficult decisions. The event I personally found to be the hardest to grapple with was Event 3. To give a brief summary, Event 3 required us to decide whether or…

What comes to mind when I think of leadership is reaching a common goal or a desired outcome through collaboration, communication, and delegation. Some instances where I have witnessed these three elements of effective leadership was through the service fraternity I am involved with called Alpha Phi Omega. As Alpha Phi Omega members, we are…