Part of the Journey
Leadership Areas to Improve While working at the University of North Texas as an Assistant Catering Coordinator I faced many challenges when dealing with students from other countries. I learned that in certain countries the oldest member of the family is responsible for taking care and making decisions for the younger family members and that the women in certain countries are in charge. Plus, there is a lot of competition amongst people from the same country. For instance, there is not much loyalty when someone gets in their way when they are trying to move up the ladder, family member or friend of the family. Therefore, I resolved this matter by assigning them to different areas although they pleaded with me to let them work together. By doing this one thing; the younger family members were happy and enjoyed collaborating with us daily. That is when I learned as a leader to never take sides or play favoritism toward
