The leader Within

Chapter 15: The Final Seminar

In Grade 11, all university level English classes were required to read Lord of the Flies. The class was then divided into groups of four and each group was supposed to hold a seminar for a specific chapter assigned to them. The seminar was required to be one hour-long and the groups were supposed to engage the whole class with them while simultaneously going through the checklist our teacher provided us with. The seminar was comprised of 15% of our English mark and participation during other students' seminar was marked too.

In my group, I was responsible for making the PowerPoint for our seminar and analyzing the important quotations of that certain chapter of the book. All the members were required to have read the chapter we were presenting on to make sure they know what they are talking about. I was also supposed to continue asking questions from students to make sure that we interact with the class too. I also assisted my group member in making a kahoot to test the class.

The students in our group were very opinionated and controlling. Everyone thought that their ideas were the best and rest of the students should go along with them. This resulted in our personalities and ideas clashing with each a lot. This taught me the importance of having one clear leader. Having more leaders causes conflicts as no one likes their authority being questioned by someone else. This also confuses the team members as to who they are supposed to follow which increases miscommunication. This shows that it is important for a team to have one clear leader, so the whole team can follow that person's vision and know exactly what they are striving for. Also, if a lot of ideas are flying around all the time, it makes people over think which increases the chance of people doing poorly. Another thing that I learned from this experience was that sometimes I might have to work with people I am not comfortable with. However, I need to put my preferences aside and adjust my attitude according to the task at hand. It also taught me to compromise and think about the fact that I can't always be right, and I need to give other people a chance to share their ideas and then go with what is best for the whole team and something that will benefit us in the long run. According to me, that's what a good leader should look like; someone who can give respect to other people's opinion and make them feel valuable and important. A leader needs to take in account that they can be wrong and other people can have ideas that will be more beneficial for the organization in the long run and go along with those ideas.

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