Critical and Reflective Thinking

There are many qualities that I have that make me a leader. One example is collaboration, which I show through my work in the Cent Show, where I am often tasked with connecting and collaborating with various people throughout the school so that we can promote their endeavors. This involves a lot of messaging and emailing to ensure that we can give an ample amount of information that is correct and relevant. In a similar vein, a skill that I have developed due to this is strategic thinking. I often plan our scripts for the Cent Show ahead of time to minimize the amount of work while we’re filming. Together, we strategize new ideas to elevate the Cent Show to new heights and polish the rough edges so that we’re putting together a great show.

On the other hand, a quality that I would like to continue to develop is mentorship. Considering we are all graduating this year, we are planning on bringing in new people to mentor and guide so that their transition is a lot smoother when they are to take over the show. I believe that this will be a good opportunity for me to develop the quality of mentorship as I help the new recruits and give them the tips I’ve learned over the past year. This will come with a lot of changes, which goes in hand with a leadership skill that I want to develop: adaptability. I enjoy when things remain the same after having gotten into a routine and understand that things will change as we bring in more and more people. I want to develop this skill so that I won’t hinder any success as our routines change to accommodate for the new Cent Show members.

I believe that the Cent Show is a great example of my ability to work with others to achieve a goal. I wasn’t close with the other members of the Cent Show when we first started, but we all shared the common goal of continuing the legacy of the Cent Show and creating an entertaining news broadcast for the school. Despite the rough start, we learned alongside each other and took constructive criticism whenever it came, applying it to every episode to create the best show we could. Although it took a while, we achieved our initial goal, and now we want to continue to maintain our rhythm while elevating and evolving from what we already have.