To build on my skills in Leadership and apply them, I attended various workshops and drew some key points from each that I thought I could apply to my future career and interactions with people. Every workshop and conference helps me to apply leadership values and hold a leadership attitude. Here are some of the main points I drew from the workshops (more is listed in my workshop tracker PDF and mentor log) and how I can apply it to my future as a leader and my career and relationships with others:
Leadership 101: Everyone leads in their own way. Leadership definitions differ for every person. In this workshop, I discussed my views of leadership with a group of people: who is leadership done by, what's it done for, what skills/values make it good, and then I'd explain why I felt that way and why I believed these things were true. In general to sum it up, I think leadership can be done by anyone at anytime, it's done by those who take initiative and want to make a positive impact and make things better than they were before. I think leadership is done best when you use people skills, had good organization, confidence, critical thinking skills, and using persuasion towards others in a positive way to make a difference.
Health & Wellness of Communities: this workshop looked at social determinants of health: social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health. The emphasis was on how social determinants are just as important as quality health care, and promoting for more funding. With a panel of 5 people from the community and various organizations, their mission is to provide these health determinants directly and create "healthy people, healthy communities" and reduce disparities. I think this is important for me for wanting to work in the medical field in mental health where these issues are often interwoven. Also, taking in consideration people's background and circumstances in consideration for better understanding.
Stress Rescue 101: Being a leader can often be stressful, so this workshop taught me techniques on dealing with stress, effects of stress, and I did a self-care assessment. What I got from this workshop was to use my 5 sense to manage stress in college/any where: physically, psychologically, emotionally, spiritually, academically. By doing the self-care assessment, this opened my eyes to seeing what categories I'm strong in and which ones I should improve in. Looking at effects, it's good to distinguish "eustress" vs. "distress"--eustress is good, pumps you up, keeps you motivated, whereas distress can cause panic, anger, and the bad type of stress. I can use these skills in any work environment, being stressed from someone else, and anytime I feel overwhelmed.
Citizen University Conference: I was nominated by faculty to attend this conference in Seattle with many key note speakers. Some personal discoveries I found were that "power + character = citizenship, and society should break away from the "isms"--racism, sexism, ageism, etc. Looking at important topics such as the Ferguson protest, gun violence, elder care, reaching out to youth, and improving ourselves and communities, we discussed what can we do about the situation? I will apply what I learned from this workshop to making myself a good citizen, showing others respect and understanding, and not try to stereotype or judge other (especially in my work at the hospital).
Mindful Families, Schools, and Communities: This was a conference the Psychology Club and I got full funding for 7 members to attend in Seattle. The whole conference was set around the topic of mindfulness: being mindful of others, being aware of the current situtation and feelings and emotions that come with it. Key points were about parents promoting more pro-social behavior, core elements of mindful parenting being sovereignty, empathy, and acceptance. To be mindful, one should be fully present, have non-judgmental accceptance, emotional awareness, self-regulation, compassion, and caring. "Care is the foundation for learning." I can apply these concepts to my work in the future as an Agency Affiliated Counselor integrating mindfulness in my helping of patients. Mindfulness also helps in conflict with calming a person down, and help myself when I'm stressed so I can still present myself as a good leader.
Leadership 101: Everyone leads in their own way. Leadership definitions differ for every person. In this workshop, I discussed my views of leadership with a group of people: who is leadership done by, what's it done for, what skills/values make it good, and then I'd explain why I felt that way and why I believed these things were true. In general to sum it up, I think leadership can be done by anyone at anytime, it's done by those who take initiative and want to make a positive impact and make things better than they were before. I think leadership is done best when you use people skills, had good organization, confidence, critical thinking skills, and using persuasion towards others in a positive way to make a difference.
Health & Wellness of Communities: this workshop looked at social determinants of health: social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health. The emphasis was on how social determinants are just as important as quality health care, and promoting for more funding. With a panel of 5 people from the community and various organizations, their mission is to provide these health determinants directly and create "healthy people, healthy communities" and reduce disparities. I think this is important for me for wanting to work in the medical field in mental health where these issues are often interwoven. Also, taking in consideration people's background and circumstances in consideration for better understanding.
Stress Rescue 101: Being a leader can often be stressful, so this workshop taught me techniques on dealing with stress, effects of stress, and I did a self-care assessment. What I got from this workshop was to use my 5 sense to manage stress in college/any where: physically, psychologically, emotionally, spiritually, academically. By doing the self-care assessment, this opened my eyes to seeing what categories I'm strong in and which ones I should improve in. Looking at effects, it's good to distinguish "eustress" vs. "distress"--eustress is good, pumps you up, keeps you motivated, whereas distress can cause panic, anger, and the bad type of stress. I can use these skills in any work environment, being stressed from someone else, and anytime I feel overwhelmed.
Citizen University Conference: I was nominated by faculty to attend this conference in Seattle with many key note speakers. Some personal discoveries I found were that "power + character = citizenship, and society should break away from the "isms"--racism, sexism, ageism, etc. Looking at important topics such as the Ferguson protest, gun violence, elder care, reaching out to youth, and improving ourselves and communities, we discussed what can we do about the situation? I will apply what I learned from this workshop to making myself a good citizen, showing others respect and understanding, and not try to stereotype or judge other (especially in my work at the hospital).
Mindful Families, Schools, and Communities: This was a conference the Psychology Club and I got full funding for 7 members to attend in Seattle. The whole conference was set around the topic of mindfulness: being mindful of others, being aware of the current situtation and feelings and emotions that come with it. Key points were about parents promoting more pro-social behavior, core elements of mindful parenting being sovereignty, empathy, and acceptance. To be mindful, one should be fully present, have non-judgmental accceptance, emotional awareness, self-regulation, compassion, and caring. "Care is the foundation for learning." I can apply these concepts to my work in the future as an Agency Affiliated Counselor integrating mindfulness in my helping of patients. Mindfulness also helps in conflict with calming a person down, and help myself when I'm stressed so I can still present myself as a good leader.
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