blog posts

• Recognizing when a Virtue Becomes a Vice

  Oct 16, 2025 9:30 am2 views

  Life is filled with endless to-do lists and it's so easy fall into either being a procrastinator or an efficient person. Arianna has been in both places, but has lately found herself being preoccupied with deadlines, to a fault. It seems that things got too efficient, which begs the questions, is there such thing as being too efficient and if so, what can be done to combat this? 

• Exploring Digital Leadership

  Oct 7, 2025 9:30 am4 views

  In this blog post, Charlotte discusses the many ways that leadership can manifest in digital spaces. Special focus is paid to the role that digital leadership plays in communication and social justice.

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  What Can Bad Leadership Lead to?

  Jan 27, 2023 11:15 am627 views

  The movie Team Foxcatcher (2016) is a perfect example of how multi-faceted ethical leadership issues can be. The story shows what bad leadership can do to subordinates and how maybe the leader isn't the only person to blame for the end result.

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  Stress and Free Time: Learning How to Appreciate Leadership

  Oct 24, 2022 2:15 pm85 views

  When was the last time that you got to "stop and smell the roses"? In this post, I will be sharing my personal experiences with the stress that leadership brings and how I manage it. By reading this post, you will gain insight into how you can better appreciate your leadership roles and what you accomplish in them.

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  Reflections: Being a Student Leader in a Pandemic and Lessons Learned

  Dec 14, 2020 9:30 am25945 views

  This post provides reflections from UIUC students on this past Fall semester and how they felt about the changes and transition to online classes. 

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  Why Leadership is Important to Me (And for You!)

  Apr 15, 2020 11:00 pm165 views

  In this post I talk about a personal experience from high school that was a foundational piece of my experience in becoming a leader. I use this as an example of why leadership is important to me by describing how I came to view myself as a leader and the impact I have had on others as a result.