I think that one of the biggest things I took from the panel, is that the majority of the people on the panel agreed that there needs to be more collaboration between the different councils for our greek community at Ohio State to grow. For that collaboration to happen, I think that the staff at the Ohio Union should host 2-3 events a year, specifically for greek members from different councils to meet and talk with each other. If something along those lines happens, then I think we will begin to see a change in the mood here at Ohio State.
Another thing I enjoyed hearing about while at the panel discussion was Jordan Davis' discussion on how she enhanced her leadership abilities when she took over as recruitment chair for her chapter after coming back from a long internship out of country. To me, that Is how leaders really begin to define their leadership styles. Some people are more stern with things and by the book. Other people think outside of the box and develop new ideas that could possibly help their chapters. I think that in the todays society we need both types of leaders. By that I mean we need people thinking of new ideas and developing them, and also leaders directing people on how to implement the new ideas. Both types of leaders are important to our future here at Ohio State. Often times you can hear gordon gee talking about Ohio State and how we are shaping the leaders of tomorrow. He often says that here at Ohio State, we want thinkers. Thinkers are going to be the people coming up with solutions to the worlds ever growing list of problems. Along those lines, I think another big thing we discussed at the discussion was accountability. We at Ohio State need to be held accountable for actions and responsible member of the Ohio State community. By that, we need to watch our actions to make sure that they do not become negative reactions of non greek people around the community.
Here is a video of Gordon Gee Speaking, towards the end of the video he talks about the future and how we need to collaboratively change and create the next generation of opportunity.
Overall the panel discussion was very informative and helped to enhance my perception on leadership.
Zach M
Zach,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE president Gee!!! And what he stated goes hand in hand with what everyone else shared during the panel discussion. If every individual took the initiative to do something good for the community, and in this case for us it would be the Greek community, then we would be in a much better shape. You mentioned that you think the Ohio Union staff should put on quarterly events for councils to meet and greet. That's a great idea, but there would be a greater outcome if individual chapters would take the initiative to realize that there is a lack in a cross-council relationship. In fact, there will be a week long of events in February where a chapter from each council is working on together to create that relationship. Look out for it when they start advertising.