HDF 190:

FIRST YEAR LEADERS INSPIRED TO EXCELLENCE

LEADERSHIP PORTFOLIO

Zach Burnham
SPRING 2016

zburnham@my.uri.edu

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Strengths
Opening Statement
Section 1: Self Leadership
Section 1: Self Leadership
Section 2: Leadership Theory and Models
Section 4: Critical Thinking
Section 5: Interpersonal/Organizational Leadership

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*If you do not have one outcome from each area of the Inventory completed,
you may opt to choose 2 from one of the sections.

Signature Strengths
Strategic
Deliberative
Analytical
Achiever
Discipline

Values in Action Strengths

Humor
Forgiveness
Perseverance
Prudence
Fairness

OPENING STATEMENT
In this class I learned that being a leader all depends on
what you are personally strong in. I learned that being a
leader can be done in many different ways. No one leads in
the same way, and no one ever will lead in the same way.

SECTION 1
SELF LEADERSHIP
(Outcome #10)

I was in the lead of a group project where we were required to write a song that
demonstrates what we had learned throughout the year of AP Psych. I had written the
lyrics to the song as well as picked out the music for our song. I lead our group to
finishing the project on time. The imagination and neatness of our presentation allowed
us to receive an A from our teacher. Being the leader of this project was quite meaningful
to me. It made me feel trusted and acknowledged. My group member would listen to my
ideas and this allowed me to show my full potential when it comes to being responsible.

SECTION 1
SELF LEADERSHIP
(Outcome #15)

I have taken both the Gallup StrengthsFinder and the VIA Character Survey for HDF
190. On Gallup my values are strategic, deliberative, analytical, achiever, and discipline.
I have used these values in most of the schooling I have been. I always planned out my
time for the work I had as well as tried my absolute best to achieve in any subject that I
was assigned. For the VIA Character Survey my traits were humor, forgiveness,
perseverance, prudence, and fairness. I believe I used these traits in more social
situations. For example when running cross country I was always pushing my teammates
and myself to finish the race. While being fair to all and making sure I helped every
teammate that I could.

SECTION 2
Leadership Theory and Models
(Outcome #26)

In HDF 190, we learned a great amount about servant leadership. Servant Leadership is
all about putting others before oneself. It is about serving your community first and
helping with a cause as much as possible. You must be able to go out and physically
serve a cause that is near you, that may be raising money, spreading awareness, or just
dealing with the people involved one on one. There are 10 characteristics to being a
servant leader. They are: 1. Listening, 2. Empathy, 3. Healing, 4. Awareness, 5.
Persuasion, 6. Conceptualization, 7. Foresight, 8. Stewardship, 9. Commitment to the
Growth of People, 10. Building Community. By acting in these 10 characteristics you
will be a great servant leader, the community around a person must be helped as much as
possible.

SECTION 4
Critical Thinking
(Outcome #88)

In PHL 101 we focus strictly on logic and critical thinking of the human mind. We went
over and learned many of the different theories of past scientists. We learned about topics
ranging from the different types of fallacies to the proper way to solve a logic problem.
Either way I would say that I am proficient in the topic of Logic. I can now easily say
that I can take an argument and pick it apart in order to see whether it is really valid or
not.

SECTION 5
(Interpersonal and Organizational Concepts and Skills )
(Outcome #99)

In HDF 190 I have learned that in order to be a proper, active listener you must be able to
do a few tasks for the speaker. You must pay attention. You cannot let your mind wonder
or be distracted by other things going on. You must give acknowledgement that you are
listening. That may mean to simply nod your head to show that you are hearing what the
person is saying. Also you must give feedback to the person. You can do this easily by
restating what you are told, that way the teller knows that what they said did make it into
your head. Finally you must respond in the correct way. Meaning that one cannot judge
what has been said or put the teller down in anyway. One must be respectful and
considerate to the person to whom you are speaking.