What I Learned This Quarter in Class

I'll be honest....yea I did learn a lot, but I don't think I've learned anything new, that I can apply to leadership. I will still maintain, till the day I die, that the sport that really, really knows how to utilize leadership skills to the max, is on ice. I've played since I was two years old, so for 20 years I've lead my respective teams, and I'm about to lead a new team in Bearcast, that I will take on just like I would my hockey team. I plan to lead by example, inspire, and trust others to do their job, while I do mine.

As I said, of the books, I really liked the small Leadership book. I'm not a fan of Bennis, even though I thought some of what he said was great, and I think Mark Ramsey doesn't know what he's talking about, but Ricky Gervais gave great advice in that book.

I think one of the most interesting arguments we had all quarter was whether you are born, or learn to become a leader. I still firmly believe that leaders are born. They learn skills and learn from experiences that shape the way they lead, but they are born leaders.