{"id":5560,"date":"2009-11-17T17:22:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T21:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2017-06-29T08:39:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T12:39:41","slug":"leaders-are-not-born-they-are-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/11\/leaders-are-not-born-they-are-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders are not born . . . they are made."},"content":{"rendered":"

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One goal the Business Alumni Chapter established for 2009-2010\u2014to cultivate future Florida International University (FIU) business alumni leaders by enriching and enhancing the experiences of business students\u2014is on the road to fulfillment.<\/p>\n

Thanks to chapter sponsorship, eight business organization leaders participated in FIU\u2019s Center for Leadership and Service’s Academy of Leaders (AOL) certificate program in October 2009. Angelena Adams<\/strong>, Delta Sigma Pi; Issa Chaves<\/strong> and Carolina Rivera<\/strong>, International Business Honor Society; Joni Deckert<\/strong>, Kelly Dobert<\/strong> and Andrew <\/strong>Plotnikow<\/strong>, American Marketing Association; Gabriel Oms<\/strong>, Alpha Kappa Psi and Yanyn<\/strong> San Luis<\/strong>, Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda learned basic principles of leadership such as \u201cModeling the Way,\u201d \u201cChallenging the Process\u201d and \u201cEnabling Others.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From left to right: Andrew Plotnikow, Angelena Adams, Yanyn San Luis, Kelly Dobert, Joni Deckert, Issa Chaves, Carolina Rivera and Gabriel Oms enjoy the serenity of a riverside retreat during the Academy of Leaders training.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among many activities, the teams were put through low ropes courses, learning and implementing the concept of \u201cmind over matter.\u201d Through team building exercises, and learning about their individual leadership styles, the program made the idea of \u201cLeaders are not born . . . they are made\u201d real.<\/p>\n

Students and sponsors praise the program.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe retreat exceeded my expectations,\u201d Deckert said. \u201cI made connections with others and discovered more about myself. It was a magical time and I will never forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plotnikow agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe retreat joins the list of experiences that hit you on the head and, without any harm, gently guide you toward feeling everybody else\u2019s thoughts and hearts,\u201d he said. \u201cWe synchronized as a successful team after learning so much. In just a single weekend, we really listened and became efficient as a group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Fenton<\/strong>, chapter president, was delighted with the results.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn investment in students is an investment in alumni and the College of Business Administration,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause students today will be the change makers of tomorrow, it\u2019s important to help them on their path to leadership through cultivation and engagement activities like AOL.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  One goal the Business Alumni Chapter established for 2009-2010\u2014to cultivate future Florida International University (FIU) business alumni leaders by enriching and enhancing the experiences of business students\u2014is on the road to fulfillment. Thanks to chapter sponsorship, eight business organization leaders participated in FIU\u2019s Center for Leadership and Service’s Academy of Leaders (AOL) certificate program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[58,68,118,133,285,360,375,604,846,966,974,1160,1183,1342,1487,1876,2693],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28660,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5560\/revisions\/28660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}