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The Role of Personality in Leadership

First and foremost, I want others to describe me as having an open-mind. Ever since I can remember I have been one to seek all sides of a situation before making a decision. I am not one to make irrational decisions without first considering all parties involved or...

Should there be an end to the ban on gay blood donors?

This is a controversial topic that I hadn’t thought about much until recently. There is a great debate occurring currently and it has to do with this ban. There are talks about implementing a one-year “deferral period,” instead. This period would...

The Role of Ethics in Decision Making

What role do ethics play in decision-making? What personal ethics do you consider when making a decision and how do you communicate this to external audiences? Growing up, I often used the words ethics and morals interchangeably. I believe that as children we are...

Crisis Management Musings

“This sh*t would be really interesting if we weren’t right in the middle of it.” -President Obama An article I came across in Bloomberg Businessweek contained information that seemed very apparent at first, but after a second glance it got me...

The Importance of Hobbies

As peculiar as it may sound- I have come to realize I have underestimated the significance of hobbies. I am sure that many college students have as well; we are entirely to focused on building the foundations for our futures that we often times forget to enjoy the...

Admiral

It’s always interesting to walk in the door with one opinion and leave with several new ones. Tonight’s discussion with Admiral Michael Giorgione was one for the books. I was captivated from the moment he began to speak until when he ended- a rare occasion...

Leadership Legacy

I have to admit that I started off with quite a few different ideas for this essay prompt. I feel that there are many sides to me- determined yet thoughtful, resilient yet vulnerable, serious yet goofy and so on. And these traits are what have led me to push forward...

Supply and…Less Supply?

A recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek caught my attention this past week (abstract found below). It talked about Alibaba’s IPO which was valued at $25 billion- one of the largest in history. The article focused on the amount of attention this IPO received...

New City, New Experience

“All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.”  -JFK At the end of every PLA...

How Accurate is the True Colors Personality Quiz?

Just one week ago we, the seniors, had our first class together. It felt great to all be reunited again and take some time to share updates with one another. It is hard to believe that we have already spent three years together and that we are now pursuing our last...