Quinn Korzeniecki ’12, is our SBP guest blogger.\u00a0 She’ll be giving you an insider’s view of what SBP is all about!<\/p>\n
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\u201cConsult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.\u201d-Pope John XXIII<\/p>\n
Hi, I\u2019m Quinn Korzeniecki and I am a participant as well as a program assistant for the 2011 Summer Business Program. For the next four weeks, I will be blogging about the fun and interesting goings-on of the program that occur in workshops and among participants during free time.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t know what to expect upon arrival to Holy Cross, and was shocked to see that the campus was deserted (of course, this was the day after all the seniors graduated, packed, and moved out). I was nervous and excited for the program to start: what would I learn? could I build connections with the speakers? would anyone be able to help me down my career path? will I do well with the tasks assigned to me?<\/p>\n
I was more than relieved when we kicked off the program Tuesday night with a brief overview of the next month by Professor Chu, followed by a delicious meal in Hogan. Here we had our first encounter with the two speakers for Wednesday\u2019s kick-off workshop on leadership, Moira Garvey \u201978 and Mary Ann Rettig-Zucchi \u201976 of the Jupiter Consulting Group. We \u201cbroke the ice\u201d by playing games of bingo and making conversation with the help of question cards.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, I learned more about myself and my leadership traits than I ever knew possible. Moira and Mary Ann defined the word leader and explained the best characteristics of a leader, then used our 5 Dynamics personality test to identify the leadership strengths in each of us: I learned that I am effortless in communicating and forming groups as well as executing and carrying out plans. They placed us in groups according to our strengths (I was with the communicating \u201cExcite\u201d group) and gave us a stack of index cards and paper clips, then introduced the competition to see which group could build the tallest free-standing structure. It was really helpful to learn about myself through my interaction with others since a leader must have a keen self-awareness as well as an ability to communicate ideas with other people. It also helped that my group tied with another and won Peanut M&M\u2019s!<\/p>\n
We jumped back into action early Thursday morning with a workshop on Faith, Values, and Ethics taught by William Messenger, Executive Editor of the Theology of Work Project, Inc.. Here we learned about our own personal values and how they fit in within the world of business. We acted out some scenarios in which people were trapped in moral dilemmas in the workplace and we brainstormed the best ways to avoid making unethical decisions simply to please others or keep your job (and most times being ethical leads to increases in trustworthiness).<\/p>\n
Tomorrow is another day, and I\u2019m looking forward to the next few weeks!<\/p>\n
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Keep an eye out for Quinn’s posts throughout the month!<\/p>\n
Kaithlyn Kayer
\nAssociate Director, Entrepreneurial Studies<\/p>\n
David Chu
\nDirector, Entrepreneurial Studies & Pre-business Advisor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Quinn Korzeniecki ’12, is our SBP guest blogger.\u00a0 She’ll be giving you an insider’s view of what SBP is all about! — \u201cConsult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what … <\/p>\n