Technical/Professional Expertise

1)       Share one personal experience where you have seen the Technical/Professional Expertise leadership competency in action.

I don’t think I have really ever experienced the sense of professional expertise and professional leadership until I started BYUSA. I was never really aware of how important being professional in an appropriate setting was to the contribution to the atmosphere and even the work ethics of the people in the atmosphere until after Brother Ward’s lesson on protocol and professionalism. So the most experiences I have had with seeing professionalism in action is within the office, whether it is with the way officers dress or there are protocols that we must follow.  

2)       Share one personal experience where you have applied skills from the Solves Problems and Analyzes Issues leadership competency.

The experience that I can think of is that after the first office social we had, I asked my fellow officers how we could improve and do better next time. I wanted to know what room for improvement we had. I really appreciated the compliments we received, but I took the suggestions seriously and made adjustments for the next social we put on.

3)       How does innovation apply to your specific responsibilities?  How do you show support of innovation in others?

I think being volunteer appreciation means being especially innovative with our ideas for our program. We need to think outside the box to be able to come up with different, fun, and appealing ways to get our volunteers to participate in our programs. It makes me more appreciate of innovation in others. When I see that innovation utilized by others, I can show support by backing them up with their idea, providing constructive criticism, and offering more ideas that could enhance theirs.