The ISLE ISU leadership conference was a great way to gain a different perspective for approaching the leadership role of peer mentor. The first session I attended was concerning leadership roles and styles, and really helped me connect to what type of leader I have been in the past and what type of leader I hope to become. This session defined different aspects of leadership roles, and what it means to be an efficient and impacting leader.
The second session I attended was dedicated to meeting agendas and helped participants understand what is necessary to achieve focus and involvement in their specific meetings. What I really liked about this session was the acronym SMART which had to do with goal setting. The acronym stood for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely. I had never heard of this acronym before, and after becoming aware of how to apply it, I feel like I have a better understanding of achievable goal setting.This session also discussed the differences between intentions and outcomes which helped me further understand what realistic leadership goals to set for myself, and what realistic goals to set for the meetings that I will be conducting.
Overall I found the conference very beneficial, and it made me think a lot about myself. The sessions made me realize that the control is in my hands as an individual leader, and it is up to me to determine what type of leader I will be, and what type of impact I will make on the peers I mentor.
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