Leadership in Action!

Frankie Watson
Table of Contents
● Resume
● Most Valuable Lesson - Director
● Self Leadership - Production Assistant
● Leadership Theories - Talent
● Critical Thinking - Producer
● Interpersonal and Organizational Concepts and Skills - Sound Mixer
● Inclusive Leadership, Diversity, & Application to Leadership - HMU
Resume and Experiences
Leadership Experience

● SEC Advertising President

● Alternative Spring Break
● FLITE Peer Mentor

Film/Media Experience

● Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Videographer

● Film/Media Student Worker
● Film/Media Teaching Assistant
● Student Film Experiences
Most Valuable Lesson in the Minor
Director

● Everything is situational
● Trust your gut
● Lead yourself!
● Be kind to yourself
Self Leadership
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs - Production Assistant

● Self-care and asking for support

● Values within the hierarchy
○ Changes through college
■ Work
■ School
■ Mental health
● HDF 412
● Camp
● Choosing a career path
○ Lifestyle choice
Leadership Theories
Relational Leadership - Talent

● Different audiences, different priorities

● Past and future experiences
○ HDF 190 Peer Mentor
○ Media Industry
● Confidence in Leadership
○ Knowing, being doing
○ Values I carry in leadership style
■ Film/Media TA and advisor
Critical Thinking
Leadership used in crisis - Producer

● Critical thinking and Crisis in Film

○ On Set - relationships, hierarchy
○ Public Relations - response, message
● HDF 412
○ Crisis leadership
● Student Entertainment Committee
○ Public Relations - cancellations, mistakes
○ Event emergencies
Interpersonal and Organizational Concepts and Skills

Crucial Conversations - Sound Mixer

● Dynamic skill
● Developed slowly
○ Personal relationships
○ Peer leadership
○ Authority
● In film
○ Creativity is both a business and personal
○ Maintaining values
Inclusive Leadership, Diversity, & Application to Leadership
Personal code of inclusive leadership - Hair/Makeup/Wardrobe

● Three of my top values are judgement,

kindness, and fairness.
○ Awareness of equity, representation, access, and
empathy in leadership
○ Ever-present in my decision making. My code of
leadership shapes my choice in environments, work,
friends, and organizations.
● Experiences
○ Camp
○ HDF 291
○ ASB
● Inclusivity in Media
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