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Russell AivazianReflective Leadership ReflectionMarch 2015
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Russell Aivazian – ePortfolio Reflective Leadership Reflection Form
This artifact, titled Connecting Personal Narrative to Theory: A Critical Examination
and Reconstruction of Path-Goal Theory and Authentic Leadership, was submitted for ELPS
419: Leadership in Higher Education. In this assignment, I interviewed a current professional in
the field of Higher Education and discussed the various leadership theories discussed in the class.
For this paper, I interviewed Alan Acosta, who served as my supervisor during my ACUHO-I
internship at Florida State University during the summer of 2014. Using our hour-long
conversation about Alan’s leadership style, I was able to apply his view of leadership to the
course content and reconstruct some of the theories that I had a difficult time understanding in
class. Specifically, this paper focused on the path-goal and authentic leadership theories, using
Alan’s conversation and experiences as a lens to view the various understandings of leadership.
This artifact shows my emerging understanding of reflective leadership and how to apply
theoretical understandings to practice. During our conversation and in the construction for the
paper, I reflected a lot about my positive and negative experiences with leadership. Alan
explained that our leadership lives at the intersection of these experience and we should seek to
grow to develop a leadership style that is most authentic to ourselves. This theme of ‘living on
the intersections’ emerged throughout my time at Loyola and caused a lot of reflection on my
own leadership style. Consistent among many theories of leadership was the importance of
knowing your own skills and talents that can inform your leadership style. Alan and this paper
reinforced that idea for me and inspired me to take a deeper, more critical look at the skills that I
bring to the table and the areas where I would like to continue my development. This artifact
demonstrates my ability to engage in continued reflective leadership that examines theory and
my own personal experiences, identities, and biases.