The Elements of Team Leadership focused on developing effectiveness in leading, delegating, and communicating within team environments. A very important theme throughout this course of the concept of emotional intelligence in teams, team management, and effective team processes. This class was team based so we were placed into teams during the first week of classContinue reading “Course 3: Elements of Team Leadership”
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Course 2: The Dynamics of Leadership
The Dynamics of Leadership is a course that I took during the fall semester of my sophomore year. In this course, we focused a lot on current events and how they were handled and giving our input on how the leadership techniques were up to par or what we would have done differently to haveContinue reading “Course 2: The Dynamics of Leadership”
Course 1: Exploring Citizen Leadership 1016
Exploring Citizen Leadership 1016 was the second part of a course that I took during the fall semester of my freshman year. This class discussed and studied leadership from an individual “inner” focus to an “outward” focus on how we work effectively in group leadership scenarios with others to achieve positive change. During the secondContinue reading “Course 1: Exploring Citizen Leadership 1016”
My Leadership Philosophy
My Leadership Philosophy is… I believe a leader is one who inspires and challenges. I believe that leadership involves learning and growing constantly. I encourage others and learn from then as well. I value when other have differing views and are interested in sharing their opinions to diversify my thoughts on leadership. I believe thatContinue reading “My Leadership Philosophy”
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Marley Spencer 7400 Hunters Mill Rd Apt. F/H Blacksburg VA 24060 (443) 945 – 6805 marleys23@vt.edu EDUCATION B.S. Agribusiness, Agribusiness Management, May 2022 Minor: Leadership and Social Change Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA GPA: 3.0 SKILLS Microsoft Suites Time-Management Leadership Skills Organization Team Player Quick Learner EXPERIENCE Barista – Starbucks,Continue reading “Resume”
My Personality Profile
I often say that I don’t believe that personality tests should be the end all, be all definition of one’s personality, but to be completely honest, most of the personality tests that I have taken describe me to a T. My top 5 strengths are harmony, positivity, adaptability, relator, and self-assurance. Harmony in particular isContinue reading “My Personality Profile”
Introducing Myself/My Definition of Leadership
Hello! My name is Marley Spencer and I am a senior at Virginia Tech studying Agribusiness Management and pursuing a minor in Leadership and Social Change. I was born and raised in Elkton, Maryland and I went to Rising Sun High School where I played volleyball for all 4 years. Some of my hobbies includeContinue reading “Introducing Myself/My Definition of Leadership”
Aiming For Team Success
WHAT? When forming a new team, there are many ways to reach team success, but there can be several steps to get there for each different way. Levi talks about these ways extensively in Group Dynamics for Teams. He talks in-depth about the beginning phases of teams when they are just forming, through when theyContinue reading “Aiming For Team Success”
Moving Into a Virtual World
WHAT? Over the past few years, virtual teams have increased so much with technology innovation that has come up and made communicating online easier. With the current COVID-19 situation that we are living in right now, we have all experienced a very large increase in virtual teamwork, including jobs, classes, and even just hanging outContinue reading “Moving Into a Virtual World”
Group Decision Making
WHAT: Decision making is a very large part of teamwork. From minor details to member roles to deciding on a gameplan for the project at hand, every team needs to work together to make the right decisions that will allow them to reach their end goal. There are several ways to approach group decision makingContinue reading “Group Decision Making”
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