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DENZEL ROBINSON
Table of contents
Strengths - Slide 3
Values - Slide 4
Signature Strengths
Harmony
Includer
Adaptability
Communication
Woo
Opening Statement
My name is Denzel Robinson and I'm from Milford Connecticut. I'm currently
attending the University of Rhode Island as an undergraduate, and I'm
majoring in Psychology with a minor in Leadership Studies.
During my time here at the University of Rhode Island, I've become apart of
two organizations and am planning on joining more during my time here at
URI. I am a current member of the Tau-Eta chapter of the Kappa Sigma
Fraternity, and a facilitator for the North Woods Challenge Course.In addition I
was the president of my pledge class and I am now on the Executive
Committee of my fraternity as the Grand Scribe.
The Relational Leadership Model/Grid has fives categories, which are inclusive, empowering, purposeful, ethical, and
process oriented. For each of the five categories there are 3 sub categories which are Knowing, Being and Doing. The
Knowing category of each leadership component covers what is important to know and understand regarding that
component of leadership. Being is what you need to believe when embracing the leadership component and Doing
covers the skills required to embody the leadership component. Inclusive leadership is, of all students, staff, and
diverse points of view. For inclusive leadership, you must know yourself and others, understand citizenship, frames
and multiple realities, as well as world views and organizational cultures. You must believe that differences in people
are valuable, that fairness and equality are important, that everyone can make a difference, as well as being able to
conceptualize groups and organizations as web-like. Finally, you must have the skills of developing talent, listening,
building coalitions, framing/reframing, and engaging in civil discourse. Empowering leadership is, of self, group
members, and other involved constituents. it comes to empowering leadership, you need to know and understand
power, empowerment, impact of power on policies and procedures, as well as self esteem. For being, you must believe
that everyone has something to offer, and care for the growth and development of others. This is crucial, because if
you dont have a passion to help then youll never get your followers to where you truly want them to be. Some of the
skills that are required for a empowering leader is the ability to share information, build capacity of others, and to
practice renewal. Purposeful Leadership is, having an individual commitment to the position, the students, staff, job,
tasks, and other constituents. For Purposeful Leadership you must understand the change process, models, as well as
the role of mission/vision. For Being you must have an attitude that is hopeful and that encourages helping others. You
must also believe that individuals and groups can make a difference, which is similar to the Being category for
empowering and inclusive leadership. The skills you need to be a purposeful leader is to be able to identify goals,
envision things, create meaning, think creatively, and involve others in the vision building process. Ethical Leadership
is, driven by values and standards of leadership which are good in nature. You have to understand the development
of values, the influence of systems on justice and care, as well as the models of valuing of self and others, but the most
important thing to remember is decision making. You must have high standards for behavior for each person to help
everyone. Finally, you have to behave congruently. The last component of relational leadership is process-oriented
leadership. You must have a deep understanding of the community as well as believing in the effort of high quality. For
skills you must be able to collaborate, reflect, and making meaning of must things that your group works on.
When it comes to critical thinking, it is important to have an open mind. The 1 st principle of critical thinking is
gathering complete information. Personally I dont think its necessary to know everything about the subject
that youre critically thinking about, but you should be open about everything involving the subject. The 2 nd
principle for critical thinking is to understand and define all terms. Once again It is imperative to have an
understanding of the subject that is being critically thought about, but you dont necessarily need to know
every term and definition in the subject in order to critically think about it. The 3 rd principle is to question the
methods by which the facts are derived. This is how things develop and change over time for the better. No
good change can come without challenging what already exists. The 4 th principle of critical thinking is to
question the conclusions. Questioning conclusions helps create alternate conclusions, which then in turn can
create other alternate ideas about a subject. The fifth principle is to look for hidden assumptions and biases.
This is very important because everyone has their own opinions and biases and if that gets incorporated with
something that is factual, that can become and issue. The 6 th principle is question the source of the facts. This
is important because if you learn something from a source that Is old and outdated, it might not necessarily
be true and therefore will hurt your ability to critically think. The 7 th principle is to not expect all of the
answers to come out when critically thinking. There are infinite amounts of conclusions that can come from
critical thinking, so dont be mad or overwhelmed if you dont think of everything that youre critically
thinking about. The 8th principle is to examine the big picture. When critically thinking it is vital that you see
the big picture, because if you dont then you wont be able to know the why of what your analyzing and it
makes critically thinking immensely harder. The 9 th principle is to examine multiple causes and effects. You
need to be able to know the impact about what the idea is that youre thinking about. The 10 th principle is to
watch for thought stoppers. Though stoppers can include things like worries, obsessions, urges, or unwanted
habits.
Section 5: Interpersonal/Organizational
Leadership
99. Student will demonstrate knowledge of active listening
techniques
There are five things that make a good active listener: Paying attention, showing that youre
listening, providing feedback, deferring judgment, and responding appropriately. When it comes
to paying attention its important that youre looking at the speaker. If you are looking away,
then the speaker might think that you are starting to lose interest. You then must put aside
distracting thoughts. It is important to focus on what the speaker is talking about and not your
own thoughts because you want to make sure that you keep track of the speakers ideas. The
final part of paying attention is to listen to the speakers body language. Body language
contributes a lot to speaking and it is something that most people dont think about when
listening to someone else. The second major part of active listening is showing that your
listening. In order to show that youre listening you should be showing body language that
show interest, such as nodding, smiling, or other similar facial expressions. You should be
encouraging the speaker to speak by making small verbal comments such as yes and uh
huh, which leads to providing feedback. Some verbal ways to show that you are actively
listening would be to reiterate what they say occasionally and to ask questions to provide
clarity and to possibly encourage more conversation. Something you want to avoid when being
an active listener is interruption. It is important that you allow the speaker to finish what
theyre saying, so that you can fully understand their ideas and perspective. Finally, you must
respond appropriately. When you are listening you are gaining knowledge from the speaker,
so you gain nothing by attacking the speaker or making them feel uncomfortable.