During last week’s assigned reading I came across one of those “ah-ha” moments while reading about the notion of individual change. In particular, there is one quote from the chapter that I will personally focus on for the rest of the quarter, “When people who are actually creating a system start to see themselves as the source of their problems, they invariably discover a new capacity to create results they truly desire” (Komives and Wagner 106). This idea has opened my eyes up to the fact that a leader’s failure to impalement group change is sometimes because of his own failure to accept individual change.
It was while reflecting on the progress that the group made over the fall quarter during my winter break that I began to realize that last quarter I focused too heavily on a results-based view towards the other officers. The problem was that this led to only two possible reactions on my part: frustration or satisfaction. The feelings were split pretty even throughout the quarter, only the problem was the frustration would outweigh the satisfaction in my mind, which would only lead to more frustration and stress for everyone. A further problem was this left no room for positivity because even if officers met their goals I wasn’t immensely excited because this is what they were supposed to be doing anyway.
This quarter I am committed to taking more of an “individual based view” which will allow me to focus on each individual officer personally, and the unique skills that each officer brings to the group because of their diverse perspectives. Hopefully, this will also allow me to bring more positivity to the group, which will lead to individual motivation for each officer.
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