When reflecting over last week's class I began looking into some of my SWOT characteristics...I discussed that my strengths deal with leadership roles, mentoring, communication, networking, and building relationships. My Weaknesses deal with my attitute and the tone of my voice when talking to people along with procrastination. Some of the oppurtunities that are open to me are my networking possibilities within my industry along with the ample amounts of places to work such as: Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles. Some threats that I could see getting in the way are procrastination and my creativity is sometimes lost in working hard to perfect other objectives. In my major we have done the SWOT analysis for every company, group project, and individually since we started however, I feel that this is one of the first times I have really been able to seperate the different areas of conflict in my specific abilities.
I was President of Beau Monde for two years and one of the hardest parts about being in a leadership role was working out "issues". Everyone brings something completely different to the table and on top of that each person takes direction differently. My persoanlity type and my weakness were sometimes challenged in this area of my life. I have learned from all of my activities and responsibilities on how to interact with a group of leaders so that I am not stepping on any toes in the future. My hope is that when working in the industry I can use my SWOT to better myself and the company I work for.
The SWOT is a powerful tool. As far as procrastination, I feel like that's my biggest enemy. At my work, I work at night, so during the week I've very busy. So they only free time I really have in during the weekend. So I try to spend those days working on stuff. But sometimes its hard to sit down and really get going on what you plan to do.
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