well as it has guided and strengthen my having to work with them. The CCLC resolve to always work towards supporting the program provided an understanding of how goals and successes of our students, faculty, the leadership practices that I can exercise and staff.” most naturally and authentically are tied to my personal history, values, and personality.” Lexer Chou, Leeward CC Gen 8 Brian Pactol, Windward CC Gen 10 allowed me to network with other “CCLC faculty/staff members from other campuses provided me an opportunity to build “CCLC that I usually would not have interacted with. a strong network of people committed to I was able to learn more about the structures excellence in education who continue to help within their campuses and how it could be me grow as a professional in our community applied at Leeward Community College.” college community. Participating in CCLC also provided me the opportunity to really Gholam Khaleghi, Leeward CC Gen 13 explore and engage in the various roles and helped me network with UHCC responsibilities administrators, faculty, and cohorts. I think contingency leadership with staff have throughout the community college transformational traits might be more system.” appropriate in most circumstances. Visionary Jenny Webster, Windward CC Gen 12 leaders through their positive thinking, I learned I'm not a dolphin; I'm kind positive speaking, and positive deeds can “First, of a shark, but that's okay. CCLC taught inspire ordinary people to do extraordinary me that there a different kinds of leadership work. Although, I do not totally rule out the styles and that I don't have to be just like Great Man theory of leadership, however, other people, but I can learn a lot from evidence seems to suggest that are “Leaders them. CCLC also reminded me that this not, they become!”’ entire system is a community and we're going Michael Tom, Windward CC, Gen 7 to be working together for a long time. We appreciated the informal discussions with “I are each other's greatest resources, and so we various campus and system must work hard here to be kind to each other administrators. That humanized the and even more important, to listen to each for me and greatly reduced intimidation other.” I’d felt about taking on leadership roles and
well as it has guided and strengthen my resolve to always work towards supporting the goals and successes of our students, faculty, and staff.” Lexer Chou, Leeward CC Gen 8 “CCLC allowed me to network with other faculty/staff members from other campuses that I usually would not have interacted with. I was able to learn more about the structures within their campuses and how it could be applied at Leeward Community College.” Gholam Khaleghi, Leeward CC Gen 13 helped me network with UHCC cohorts. I think contingency leadership with transformational traits might be more appropriate in most circumstances. Visionary leaders through their positive thinking, positive speaking, and positive deeds can inspire ordinary people to do extraordinary work. Although, I do not totally rule out the Great Man theory of leadership, however, evidence seems to suggest that “Leaders are not, they become!”’ Michael Tom, Windward CC, Gen 7 “I appreciated the informal discussions with various campus and system administrators. That humanized the for me and greatly reduced intimidation I’d felt about taking on leadership roles and having to work with them. The CCLC program provided an understanding of how the leadership practices that I can exercise most naturally and authentically are tied to my personal history, values, and personality.” Brian Pactol, Windward CC Gen 10 “CCLC provided me an opportunity to build a strong network of people committed to excellence in education who continue to help me grow as a professional in our community college community. Participating in CCLC also provided me the opportunity to really explore and engage in the various roles and responsibilities administrators, faculty, and staff have throughout the community college system.” Jenny Webster, Windward CC Gen 12 “First, I learned I'm not a dolphin; I'm kind of a shark, but that's okay. CCLC taught me that there a different kinds of leadership styles and that I don't have to be just like other people, but I can learn a lot from them. CCLC also reminded me that this entire system is a community and we're going to be working together for a long time. We are each other's greatest resources, and so we must work hard here to be kind to each other and even more important, to listen to each other.”
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