K. Alyssa Dan

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As the Leadership Development Executive for PREP my sophomore year, I was placed in a leadership position with more ambiguity than any other position I had been in before. Due to the amount of growth PREP had given to me freshmen year, I felt a huge responsibility to give back to the organization and the freshmen we now had.  

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Leading in this role pointed out the importance of my partner Jett and my fellow executive team. With Jett I was able to lead 9 freshmen to develop 54 other freshmen. Through this experience I learned that a large part of leadership is not independence but interdependence. Knowing I could always could on Jett to back me up or call me out for my benefit caused this timing to be a growing season. Through my experience leading with Jett we also created a professional trip to Exxon-Mobil. My artifact below is a picture of the girl executives because this team taught me how to lead together and not for my own glory. 

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Moving into a work setting where I am not going to be placed in a leadership role, I know that using the skills I have learned, to be a successful follower will equip me to one day lead other people in a work setting. This is why I decided to pick a firm that had more personal mentorship due to its smaller size and attention to the individual. I am very excited to learn from the people who's leadership I will be under to better impact the world around me.