Kairotic Leadership by Anonymous - January 01, 2007 Please discuss in detail a situation or an event that demonstrates your fectiveness as a leader, and how that situation or event has shaped your conception of leadership. "Live the Fourth!" The Fourth of July you might ask? Not quite. I mean the Fourth day of the Kairos Retreat, when we made resolutions and the Kairos spirit was at its peak. Kairos means a spiritual time-a time that can&apos&apost be measured in minutes or hours. On this retreat, my senior class devoted four days to self-exploration in the soft hills of Toccoa, GA. As a student leader, I lived Kairos twice, once in a condensed version on the leaders&apos&apos retreat, and again when I led my own table group through the experience. Many people have asked me what the Kairos secret is, and while there are tangible secrets, those aren&apos&apost what "make" the retreat. The real secret is that after only a few hours at the leaders&apos&apos retreat, I talked openly about topics I wouldn&apos&apost normally share: my fears and goals, my sister Ali&apos&aposs illness as a baby, and my love and respect for my boyfriend. Perhaps that wouldn&apos&apost sound strange with close friends, but the other student leaders weren&apos&apost people I knew well. Sure, I saw them in the halls and we occasionally chatted, yet while they had classes together and hung out outside of school, I was an outsider. But once we started talking, the Kairos spirit prevailed and the barriers disappeared. Despite my excitement about sharing the experience, I worried that I wouldn&apos&apost be able to lead the table discussions well enough for my group to experience the Kairos they deserved. However, once the retreat started, I was on a high, carrying a notebook scribbled with thoughts from the discussions while Jolly Rancher sugar coursed through my veins and the Kairos soundtrack-songs the leaders chose for each topic-ran in my head. As things progressed, my doubts were replaced with the realization that while it was up to me look out for anyone who wasn&apos&apost comfortable with the questions or who was scared to share something, mostly I was just another attendee, finding insights about myself and my group like everyone else. On the second day, I gave my speech on Integrity. As I stood at the podium tapping my foot to Billy Joel&apos&aposs "The Stranger," I knew that my leadership wasn&apos&apost about standing in front of the room and giving the speech as much as it was about inspiring rlection. It wasn&apos&apost always starting the conversation but rather sharing my own stories so that others would be comfortable sharing theirs. And it dinitely wasn&apos&apost forcing people to contribute, but instead making them comfortable enough to volunteer. When my group dedicated its Kairos symbol to me on the third day, I realized for the first time what my guidance meant to them. Perhaps I&apos&aposm not the Student Body President, but part of Living the Fourth for me is helping others by fulfilling my leadership potential. Sometimes I&apos&aposm in the front giving that speech, but other times I&apos&aposm in the middle of the crowd organizing the event, and the rest of the time, I&apos&aposm in the back supporting the one onstage. At Kairos, I realized that I embody all three aspects of leadership and that all are equally important. 相关内容： 乔治亚理工学院申请指南 乔治亚理工学院的院系专业介绍

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