Focus on Results

1) In your oppinion, what are the most important behaviors (as defined in your student manual) in getting results with a project or problem? Explain why you have chosen these and use specific, personal examples to add merit to your claim.

Three key skills/important behaviors that I believe to be essential for getting results in any circumstance are:

• Planning and organization
• Is quick to act
• Creates high-performance team

I'll share a personal story that demonstrates the importance of these skills:

I have been involved with many student organizations. Aside from BYUSA, The Management Consulting Club is the most effective and impactful organization that I have seen on campus. The reason for this is that the the leadership demonstrates these three key leadership skills. I have been in organizations--even lead organizations--in which two of these three behaviors were present but the absence of one greatly diminished our effectiveness. For example, while serving as a leader in one organization, I worked hard to plan and organize effectively, acted quickly whenever something needed my attention, but failed--in my estimation--to build a high-performance team. This ended up leaving may overburdened and worn down. I can also think of examples in which the other two said behaviors where missing, leading to a similar result.

2) What are your personal strengths in getting results on projects or problems  I hand how can you use and implement them in your current leadership position to benefit your team?

• Communicating powerfully and prolifically: I can use this strength 
• Technical and professional expertise: I can use this strength
• Netowrking: I can use this strength to help gather information and ideas from people in other networks and organization, bringing fresh insight and perspective to SAC. I can also use my connections to help bring strong, reliable volunteers to SAC to all of BYUSA.