Last Sunday, our cohort had another great meeting! We first discussed the recent events that transpired in Israel. When we first entered the room there were papers that were posted on the wall with each one having different information about the many atrocious attacks that had been happening in Israel. We were then given the time to ask the shinshinit, Avital, any questions we might have regarding these events. She was able to give us a personal perspective on life in Israel along with the details of the various news events.
We were then asked to pair up with people that we hadn’t really gotten to know very well yet and were given questions to ask each other. The questions' overarching theme was mainly on our names and how they related to our individual identity. The main purpose of this exercise was to see if the names we were given, had an effect on the way people perceived us and how we ourselves acted in life regarding it. Afterwards we were shown a video of 2 brothers, one had been named Loser while the other had been named Winner, it showed that Loser ended up becoming an extremely successful businessman while Winner ended up in prison for multiple felonies. The video was able to show us that regardless of other peoples' preconceived notions of you, if you work hard that's what will define you.
After that we shifted into the topic of leadership. We were broken into small groups and given a small speech to practice and deliver to the rest of group. We were then supposed to analyze the speech and figure out who said it and why they were a good leader. This activity helped us to determine what we thought to be as good characteristics for leaders and helped us realized that even though someone might be a truly awful person (i.e Hitler) that doesn’t change the fact that they may have been a great speaker that inspired people, albeit to do wicked things.
After a short break to talk and eat some snacks, we did an activity which consisted of questions with multiple answers and with each answer there was a colour associated with it. We were given different coloured beads and some strings. We then had to put a bead with the same colour that matched our answer on the string. Afterwards we were told that each of the different colours of beads represents a different type of leadership. We learned what each of our leadership types meant and discussed if we wanted to be like a different leadership type. My leadership type was called the Democratic leadership; what this means is that I value the input of team members and peers, but the responsibility of making the final decision rests with the leader. This type of leadership was said to help make team members feel valued and contribute to the overall goal of the team but still left some authority to leader in order to help make complete decisions.
At the end, we watched a Ted talk that spoke about how even one small action can make a huge impact on someone, whether it was making a joke to cheer someone up or asking someone how they are feeling, it can have a life changing effect on them that we ourselves might not even realize.
I think we all really gained a lot from our second Diller Teen Workshop. Now, we truly understand the qualities and effects of a leader and how anyone can become a leader and reflect their inspiration onto others! I am very excited to see what we can all learn next time we see each other!
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