I've never taken such a huge risk. And as Ken wrote on his blog, it's really hard to imagine how would it be if I were Shackleton.
I always, however, think that it is responsible for leaders to arrange the situation where the group take smaller risk. I've read the book about the strategists and the tacticians. The tacticians do well even in severe situation, which means they run a risk and survive. But the strategists don't run a risk. They are very good at making the situation better, and in the end, they can win or survive without running a risk.
It is important to think about what we should be in front of a risk, but avoiding a risk is also needed for leaders.
2011年5月29日日曜日
2011年5月22日日曜日
6th Writing Assignment
I have considered all conflicts as the chance to improve our activity, so I have not thought about the way to deal with "conflict." I will answer the questions on text.
My group members don't share the information well. I don't think, however, it is bad situation. It is because I want them to concentrate on teaching students without being cocerned by office work or something. Information is shared among the top of my NPO, and they decide the policy. Though group members don't share information, I always try to listen to what they argue. I think that is the best way to lead the groups like mine.
I don't think we have been troubled by the conflict with anger. We always try to make our group better and discuss rationally. I think that is because our goal is clear and we want to pretend to be cool before our students.
Our group has, not a troublemaker, but a man who doesn't know the way to do. He sometimes makes useless worksheet and not being good at writhing on the whiteboard. I think it is leader's job to accept such incompetence and lead him to the right way. I usually treat him tolerantly.
Needless struggle is a big problem of my group, not only conflict but every work. As I write, each group member can make useless work sheet and something. It might be very long way to solve this problem, but I enjoy improving our activity.
My group members don't share the information well. I don't think, however, it is bad situation. It is because I want them to concentrate on teaching students without being cocerned by office work or something. Information is shared among the top of my NPO, and they decide the policy. Though group members don't share information, I always try to listen to what they argue. I think that is the best way to lead the groups like mine.
I don't think we have been troubled by the conflict with anger. We always try to make our group better and discuss rationally. I think that is because our goal is clear and we want to pretend to be cool before our students.
Our group has, not a troublemaker, but a man who doesn't know the way to do. He sometimes makes useless worksheet and not being good at writhing on the whiteboard. I think it is leader's job to accept such incompetence and lead him to the right way. I usually treat him tolerantly.
Needless struggle is a big problem of my group, not only conflict but every work. As I write, each group member can make useless work sheet and something. It might be very long way to solve this problem, but I enjoy improving our activity.
2011年5月15日日曜日
5th Writing Assignment
My teaching group has good relationship even though we have so various background. We teach same students each subject. So our goal, supporting students' studying, is clear. That's why we share strong Identity.
However, in terms of communication, we should do better. The members of the group take different part, English, Japanese, Math, Social Science and Natural Science. We know each
subject and how much students can score in it, but we don't know what's going on in other part. I think it is the leader's job to collect the information from members and share it and make a plan.
I have few chances to do other's work because our task is too specific for others to do. But I guess I do some personal sacrifices. I do my work as an English teacher, I make studying plans for summer and join the meeting with other group leaders. That is the leader's job, but I think I can call it a personal sacrifice.
Though there is communication problem, I think my group is well organaized and motivated. Group members are connected through students and they are willing to make the situation better. And my group consists of small number of members, 4 or 5. There's no rank or conflict and members recognize skill or conpetence each other.
However, in terms of communication, we should do better. The members of the group take different part, English, Japanese, Math, Social Science and Natural Science. We know each
subject and how much students can score in it, but we don't know what's going on in other part. I think it is the leader's job to collect the information from members and share it and make a plan.
I have few chances to do other's work because our task is too specific for others to do. But I guess I do some personal sacrifices. I do my work as an English teacher, I make studying plans for summer and join the meeting with other group leaders. That is the leader's job, but I think I can call it a personal sacrifice.
Though there is communication problem, I think my group is well organaized and motivated. Group members are connected through students and they are willing to make the situation better. And my group consists of small number of members, 4 or 5. There's no rank or conflict and members recognize skill or conpetence each other.
2011年5月5日木曜日
4th Writing Assignment
I don't care my health so much. I think I can keep my health good without doing something deliberately. I like vegitable and vegitable drink and I always don't eat too much. I go school by bike and always walk fast. That might be good eating and exersizing habit, which enables me to maintain my health unintentionally. I usually sleep enough. I like sleeping, so I would be displease and irritated if I couldn't have enough sleep. But I couldn't have enough sleeping time recently, so I was a little sick on these golden three days. I didn't care, however.
As I wrote on 3rd Writing Assignment, I don't get stress naturally. So I don't know what others should do to vent their stress. As for me, just sleeping or do other things.
I also do no effort to let the feelings of guilt or frustration distract me, because I always give it up and turn to other. Conversely, I feel I need to be more responsible.
To my regret, I don't care my teammates' health so much. I can feel if they are dipressed or sad, but I don't know the way to care their health. Cleaning? If anybody knows effective way, please share it.
As I wrote on 3rd Writing Assignment, I don't get stress naturally. So I don't know what others should do to vent their stress. As for me, just sleeping or do other things.
I also do no effort to let the feelings of guilt or frustration distract me, because I always give it up and turn to other. Conversely, I feel I need to be more responsible.
To my regret, I don't care my teammates' health so much. I can feel if they are dipressed or sad, but I don't know the way to care their health. Cleaning? If anybody knows effective way, please share it.
2011年5月1日日曜日
3rd Writing Assignment
I think I am an optimistic person, but I don't know why I am optimistc and how others can be optimistic. Actually, I have not thought about how to be optimistic and worried . And however I got angry or sad or disappointed, I will forget it after I sleep.
When I'm faced with adversity or potential setback, I often think nothing about my attitude, optimistic or pessimistic. I try not to give up even in severe situation unconsciously, but I don't mind if I give up. In Leading At The Edge, the author wrote "say to yourself" or "self-talk," but I always don't mind my attitude. I think people tend to worry about their attitude too much, that's not "optimistic."
However, I think that being confident is very important to be optimistic. "Effective leaders are able to look at adversity and see the opportunity"(51) I think the sentence says confident leaders think there is still something they can do even in severe situation, and they won't give up. Another important thing is not being absorbed everything. If you fail something, you should forget it and think about next.
Being confident keep me touch with reality because I beleave I can do something if I'm confident. And making our team confident is important to instill optimism in my group. I assign jobs my peer do and try to keep them confident
When I'm faced with adversity or potential setback, I often think nothing about my attitude, optimistic or pessimistic. I try not to give up even in severe situation unconsciously, but I don't mind if I give up. In Leading At The Edge, the author wrote "say to yourself" or "self-talk," but I always don't mind my attitude. I think people tend to worry about their attitude too much, that's not "optimistic."
However, I think that being confident is very important to be optimistic. "Effective leaders are able to look at adversity and see the opportunity"(51) I think the sentence says confident leaders think there is still something they can do even in severe situation, and they won't give up. Another important thing is not being absorbed everything. If you fail something, you should forget it and think about next.
Being confident keep me touch with reality because I beleave I can do something if I'm confident. And making our team confident is important to instill optimism in my group. I assign jobs my peer do and try to keep them confident
2011年4月25日月曜日
What's my sentence.
"I enjoyed my life."
is my sentence.
I always think 'simple' is 'best.' There have been, are, would be many things. That might make me happy, sad, laugh, angry. I just hope good part of my life would be more than bad part.
is my sentence.
I always think 'simple' is 'best.' There have been, are, would be many things. That might make me happy, sad, laugh, angry. I just hope good part of my life would be more than bad part.
2011年4月24日日曜日
2nd Writing Assignment
I support junior high school students's studying, who are not rich to pay for Juku, as a volunteer. I consider my team as a "organization," me as "leader."
Long-term vision
"New Mark" for me is teaching important thing. I was unable to decide which I should focus on, intersting thing or important thing, but I come to decide.
Some part of studying for entrance exam have to be boring because there are too many things students must remember and they can't study each things deeply. Students know only words, but they don't know what the things really are or how to use in society. For example, when I teach English, I want them to listen English songs and read lyric because I want show how English is used in the world. And I also want them to use English. There's not, however, enough time to do like that. Even if that would be interesting for them, they have to study sometheng else which is important in order to pass entrance exam.
The reason I chose 'important' be first is the goal of our organization is making them pass the exam. Even though students come to be interested in studying something, if they fail the exam, the activities of our team are regarded as 'fail'.
However, I've not given up. I still try to teach 'interesting things' when I have chance because I think the experience in the early teens is very important. It is tough job, so describing the required qualities and behaviors is difficult. The most important thing is that I have to be friendly and good at communication. If I am not friendly, Students won't be interested in what I talk and I can't both make them pass the exam and make them be interested in studying. And I also have to be good at group management in order to make our activities more efficient.
Short-Term Goals
My and our short-term goal is making students remember fundamental things, for example, the grammar and words. The problem is that it is boring to remember them. The text says "'matter-of-fact groove' can give people the sense of order they need to be productive." So I will make a structure. Students take the small exam every week and every month. That could be short-term milestones.
Focusing on staffs, we have to use technology more to do our task more efficiently. For example, Google Document is very useful to share teaching materials.
Long-term vision
"New Mark" for me is teaching important thing. I was unable to decide which I should focus on, intersting thing or important thing, but I come to decide.
Some part of studying for entrance exam have to be boring because there are too many things students must remember and they can't study each things deeply. Students know only words, but they don't know what the things really are or how to use in society. For example, when I teach English, I want them to listen English songs and read lyric because I want show how English is used in the world. And I also want them to use English. There's not, however, enough time to do like that. Even if that would be interesting for them, they have to study sometheng else which is important in order to pass entrance exam.
The reason I chose 'important' be first is the goal of our organization is making them pass the exam. Even though students come to be interested in studying something, if they fail the exam, the activities of our team are regarded as 'fail'.
However, I've not given up. I still try to teach 'interesting things' when I have chance because I think the experience in the early teens is very important. It is tough job, so describing the required qualities and behaviors is difficult. The most important thing is that I have to be friendly and good at communication. If I am not friendly, Students won't be interested in what I talk and I can't both make them pass the exam and make them be interested in studying. And I also have to be good at group management in order to make our activities more efficient.
Short-Term Goals
My and our short-term goal is making students remember fundamental things, for example, the grammar and words. The problem is that it is boring to remember them. The text says "'matter-of-fact groove' can give people the sense of order they need to be productive." So I will make a structure. Students take the small exam every week and every month. That could be short-term milestones.
Focusing on staffs, we have to use technology more to do our task more efficiently. For example, Google Document is very useful to share teaching materials.
2011年4月18日月曜日
Respon to "Preface"
I don't have experience like "leading at the edge". Of course, I went through some severe situations, but I don't think I solved those problems by teamwork or leading skill. So I want to just write what I think when I read "Preface", not describe my experience.
Though title of this book is "Leading At The Edge", the author supposes the leading skills will be used at "The Center", and I was impressed that point. In page xiv, the author says "Leading at the Edge will demonstrate how these leadershp lessons can be applied to organizations confronting such contemporary challenges as competition, economic uncertainty, and the need for constant innocation, growth, and change", and in the same page, he seems to define "Edge" as "condition of ambituity, uncertainty, and change" From these description, I think he means these situation can exist not only in remote regions but in cities.
So we should learn something and think critically when we read this book, not only enjoy the story. And we should use the leading skills we learned. I thought I have to be active when I read this book.
Though title of this book is "Leading At The Edge", the author supposes the leading skills will be used at "The Center", and I was impressed that point. In page xiv, the author says "Leading at the Edge will demonstrate how these leadershp lessons can be applied to organizations confronting such contemporary challenges as competition, economic uncertainty, and the need for constant innocation, growth, and change", and in the same page, he seems to define "Edge" as "condition of ambituity, uncertainty, and change" From these description, I think he means these situation can exist not only in remote regions but in cities.
So we should learn something and think critically when we read this book, not only enjoy the story. And we should use the leading skills we learned. I thought I have to be active when I read this book.
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