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Table of Contents

Introduction 3

Resume & Contact Info 4

About Me 5

Personal Code of Ethics 6

Staring Up at Adversity 7, 8

Action Plan 9, 10

Dr. Jeff Thompson Speaker Evaluation 11

Consulting Sam Aborne 12, 13

Coaching 14

Conclusion 15

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Introduction

Hello,

My name is Matthew Hanamoto and welcome to my leadership

portfolio! This portfolio is to act as your guide through my mind and

hopefully give you a better understanding of who I am and what I

can do for you.

My definition of leadership is making adjustments in order to make

everyone around me better. Whether I find myself on a volleyball

court, in a classroom, or out in the community I have found the most

efficient way to lead is to abandon my ego and to do whatever is

needed to accomplish a goal.

Personally, I love the feeling that comes when a group of people

come together and work like a well-oiled machine. The incredible

rush of complete trust between teammates and an end result of

perfect execution is an experience second to none.

Now, this “rush” is something I have felt merely a handful of times,

but I know with the right leadership it can be perfected. My goal is to

become an expert on leading myself and others in order to give

everyone that works with me that kind of rush.

I greatly appreciate the time you are taking to review my portfolio. I

look forward to working with you in the future!

Sincerely,

Matthew Hanamoto

(858) 382-8016

kiyospiker@gmail.com

matthanamoto.blogspot.com

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Matthew Hanamoto 1675 Canyon Circle

San Luis Obispo, CA 93410

Phone: (858) 382 8016

Email: mhanamot@calpoly.edu

Education

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA Sept 2012 - Present

Bachelors of Science: Business Administration (3.1 GPA)

Concentration: Financial Management (3.2 GPA)

Expected Graduation: June 2015

Experience

San Diego Boy's & Girl's Club, San Diego, CA Nov 2008 - Aug 2010

Recreational Basketball and Volleyball coach

Coached 40 kids from grades 6-8th, 30 boys and 10 girls

Organized and ran weekly 60 minute practices for team

Communicated with the parents by listening to any concerns they had about their child

and made sure they had dates and times for practices and games.

ASI Inc., San Luis Obispo, CA Jan 2013 - Present

Sports Official

Officiate intramural and interfraternity council volleyball games.

Cal Poly Corporation, San Luis Obispo, CA Mar 2012 - Apr 2012

Receiving Assistant

Package apparel

Awards

Bronco Ambassador: The RBHS Bronco Ambassador program consists of 10 exceptional

Rancho Bernardo High School seniors committed to the academic achievement and character

of younger students in the district.

Visited participating elementary schools with three primary messages:

o First, living a life of strong character will help one achieve happiness and success.

o Second, committing oneself to academics is a key to a successful lifestyle.

o Finally, maintaining a clean, tobacco, drug and alcohol-free lifestyle will help one

achieve his/her dreams.

Captain of Seaside and Epic Club Volleyball Team: 16's, 17's, 18's

Captain of Rancho Bernardo High School Volleyball Team: Freshmen, JV, and Varsity

Bronco Award: Freshmen, JV, Varsity Volleyball

Skills

Technical

Proficient in Microsoft Office and Mac Version and Minitab

Proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

Non-Technical

Managing people, Motivation, Positivity, Creativity, Attention to detail, Accountability,

Adaptability, Integrity

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About Me

Personal Vision:

“If you want something, go out and get it. Your only limit is the one you set yourself.”

Interests:

- Playing basketball and volleyball

- Coaching my teams at the local

Boys and Girls Club

- Writing Sports Articles

- Playing chess

- Making Connections

- Traveling the World

Favorite Quotes:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond

measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness that most frightens us.”

– Marriane Williamson

“Your attitude determines your altitude. If you think you can or can’t, you’re probably right. The choice

is yours.” – Gary Mack

“If you think you are beaten, you are;

If you think you dare not, you don't.

If you'd like to win, but think you can't

It's almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you've lost,

For out in the world we find

Success being with a fellow's will;

It's all in the state of mind.

Life's battles don't always go

To the stronger or faster man;

But sooner or later the man who wins

Is the man who thinks he can.”

– Walter D. Wintle

“My family comes in many shapes and

forms. They mean everything to me.”

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Personal Code of Ethics

- Embrace those you surround yourself with.

- Be confident in the path you choose to follow

- Listen!!! (Stop being self-centered)

- Take risks & learn from your mistakes (Never let someone say you

can’t do something… Prove them wrong!)

- Absorb lessons from those with more experience (Incorporate that

with what you know and aim to achieve greatness)

- Always put full effort into important areas of life

- Love what you do, do what you love.

- “If you want something, go after and fight for it. Don’t wait for it

to come to you.” – Dad

“Act the way you want to become until you become the way you act”

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Staring Up at Adversity

Adversity Quotient® (AQ) is about how you respond to life, especially the tough stuff. It

is a gauge or measure of how you respond and deal with everything, from everyday

hassles to the big adversities that life can spring on you. It is also an established science,

theory, and approach for becoming measurably more resilient. The more resilient you

are, the more effectively and constructively you respond to life’s difficulties, and the

more fulfilling life becomes. (http://www.peaklearning.com/)

I have never been one to accept anyone telling me that I am incapable of or not

allowed to do something. Regardless of how absurdly a challenge is stacked up against

me, I feel that if someone doesn’t believe in me I have an obligation to prove them

wrong. Now, this mentality has gotten me into trouble and it has even gotten me

injured, but my “never say never” mentality has allowed me to push my body and my

mind to its limits. One of my greatest adversity achievements was realized when I

proved to my varsity volleyball coach that my height, or lack thereof, was not going to

hinder my ability to play a position designed for a taller player.

Source of Motivation: “You will never play outside hitter for me.” – Varsity volleyball

coach

Average height of an outside hitter in volleyball: 6’3”

Me: 5’9” (5’10” in shoes)

Freshmen year 2008:

Starting Outside Hitter

Named Captain of team

Awarded Bronco Award (Team equivalent of MVP)

Sophomore year 2009:

Played club season for Epic Volleyball Club 16-2’s (Outside Hitter)

Named Captain of team

Earned starting outside hitter position on Junior Varsity Team

Named Captain of team

Awarded Bronco Award

Brought up for Varsity team for CIF playoffs

#44 MATT HANAMOTO

Outside Hitter/Libero Grad Year 2011

Rancho Bernardo 5'10"

Right Handed Standing Reach: 7'5"

Block Reach: 9'7" Approach Reach: 10'1"

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Junior year 2010:

Played club season for Epic Volleyball Club 18-2’s Team (Libero)

o Selected to play in higher age group

Selected for Varsity Team as a utility player (under original varsity coach)

o Began season in coach’s dog house

o Gained more playing time throughout season

o Started the HS rivalry game as outside hitter *Goal achieved

Senior year 2011:

Played club season for Seaside Volleyball Club 18-2’s Team (Outside Hitter)

o Named Captain of team

*Important year in my story

Not selected to play for the 18-1’s team at the club

The ones team passed up on me and further drove my motivation to overcome

adversity as an undersized player.

Picked up by my new varsity coach to play for the 18-2’s team and became his

starting outside and captain of the team.

New goal: become one of the top players in the county.

Named starting outside hitter for

the Varsity Team (Moved to Libero

position for team balance)

o Named Captain of team

o Awarded Bronco Award

Awarded First-Team All-Palomar

League Honors *2nd Goal

Achieved

Awarded Second-Team All-San

Diego Section Division 1 Honors

Awarded All-Academic Team

Honors

My journey as a volleyball player through

high school has taught me the importance of

goal-setting, hard work, and determination. I

am not a big fan of people telling me what I

can or cannot do and will push myself as

hard as possible to prove them wrong.

My score on the Adversity Quotient test was

a 160, putting me in an “average” range. The

word average does not sit right with me. My

goal is to prove that scale wrong and fight

through adversity with everything I have.

Height will never be the reason

I do not reach my goals.

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Action Plan: Embodying the Seven C’s of Mental Toughness

Competitive:

“A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just

that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up.”

– Nancy Lopez (Professional Golfer)

Not everything in life is a competition; however having the competitive

drive to push myself to succeed in the face of adversity is invaluable.

There are people, my age, all over the world that are fighting and working

hard to be successful. I am competing in the same job market and need to

find a way to be successful. I may run into challenges along the way, but

those misfortunes need to be my extra motivation.

Personal Goal: When faced with an opportunity to take the easy road and

quit or struggle and persevere, always take the path that will push you harder.

Confident:

“Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than

indecision.” – Bernhard Langer

Being confident in my ability to handle whatever comes my way will help in my search for creative solutions

to the many challenges life will throw at me. There is a saying in sports that, “if there is doubt in your mind…

how can your muscles know what they are expected to do?” I believe this philosophy transcends beyond

sports because our brain, the driving force behind our actions, is in fact a muscle and needs to react naturally

to perform optimally. On my high school volleyball team, I experienced a time when I fell into a performance

rut. I didn’t understand why I was performing so poorly and began over-thinking my technique. The over-

thinking extended my poor performance and it wasn’t until I cleared my mind and trusted “my stuff” that I

was able to get back to my peak performance. Self-confidence is essential to a high performing individual. Of

course, it is important to be humble, but if you don’t trust yourself how can anyone else?

Personal Goal: When you find out what you want to do with your life, don’t second guess yourself. Strive for

excellence and don’t accept anything less.

Control:

“Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.”

– Magic Johnson One of the factors of my life that I have complete control over is the amount of effort I put into my work.

Whether it is in an office or at home, I control how much effort I exert in my daily functions. If I am to be

successful, I must remember to focus on factors of my life that I can control rather than the areas of life that I

have no control over. All I can ever ask of myself is to do the very best that I can.

Personal Goal: Never allow yourself to ask the question “what if…?” If you are asking that question, you didn’t

try hard enough.

*Apply for internship with NBA by end of Spring Quarter

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Committed:

“Those who make it are there because they are mentally tougher. They wanted it more.”

– John McEnroe

I must focus my time and energy on my goals and dreams. If I become distracted from my path, I must

redirect myself and find motivation from within. Nothing in life is going to be handed to me. If I am not

committed to putting my full self into my aspirations, I need to remember that somewhere out in the world

someone with a whole lot less is working that much harder than me.

Personal Goal: Take the time to live in the moment and enjoy what you are doing now. Resist the urge to

mindlessly jump from one activity to the next.

Composure:

”Keep your cool when the heat is on.” – Gary Mack

Competitive sports have played a prominent role in my life. They have opened up challenges which have

tested my ability to maintain composure in the face of adversity. I believe that I am fairly skilled at maintaining

my composure in pressure situations, but there have been moments where my composure has slipped. I

remember games during my club volleyball years where a referee would make a terrible call and upset

everyone on the court. I would show my frustration and lose focus because I was upset about the call and

that would result in lost points and hurt my team. I now understand that uncontrollable factors cannot

concern me and I need to focus on what I do best, bust my tail off and do everything my team needs of me.

My truest test of composure will be how I am able to maintain focus and clarity of thinking in direct response

to challenges I face throughout my life journey.

Personal Goal: When you feel like everything in life is working against you, take a step back and breathe. Don’t

complain!

Courage:

“It takes courage to grow up and achieve your full potential.” – Dr. Paul Stoltz

The prospect of embracing life beyond college is intimidating. I do not yet have a bearing on my future

direction and sometimes I feel as though I am sailing on a darkened ocean, with no land in sight. I don’t know

if I am ready to take on the world and I certainly don’t know what I want to do the rest of my life. But great

leaders have a vision. My personal vision has me finding a position that allows me to express my creativity

and do something that allows me to be me. I want to give back to my community and find a niche where I can

really contribute and make a difference. I worry about supporting a future family and I want to be sure that I

make the right decision that will enable me to give them everything. Saying one has courage is easy to do, but

actually acting and showing it is a completely different monster.

Personal Goal: Live outside of your comfort zone. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, “You must do the thing you think

you cannot do.

Consistency:

”Mentally tough individuals possess an inner strength. They don’t make excuses.” – Gary Mack

I must dig deep to find my inner strength because nothing in life will come easy. I must master the C.O.R.E.

dimensions of the adversity quotient and the seven C’s of mental toughness. My dream is to become a great

leader. I will never let anyone tell me I can’t do something. I will be great. Period.

Personal Goal: As the great philosopher Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act,

but a habit.” Practice everything at your best and it will become a habit.

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Dr. Jeff Thompson (Co-director of the Global Resilience Institute)

Speaker Evaluation

Dr. Jeff Thompson said, “You don’t get to be a leader unless people are following you.” This quote is

true in so many ways. I can relate to this quote through my high school volleyball team and our breakdown in

leadership. My senior year, my coach chose me as a captain as well as two other players (Our most dynamic

hitter and our junior setter). I took the role as senior captain as an opportunity to help rally the team

together and fight as one unit. This position worked for me because I had gained respect from my teammates

through my display of hard work on the court and my many years in the program. I also had a great

relationship with all the guys on the team and I had no direct conflicts with anyone. Our problem as a team

broke down to one major issue, unwillingness to sacrifice egos. Our setter felt entitled to tell other guys

what to do because he was a “captain”. The older guys on the team did not like that our junior setter was

barking orders at them so they refused to follow him, and he in return did not set them. This was a problem

because they were our biggest guys and we did not have many more weapons on our team. The issue

funneled to our other captain because he was then given the majority of the sets and was getting more tired

and frustrated as the season progressed and teams started keying on him. He then proceeded to shut

everyone out, causing more team tension and a loss of respect from our other key players. The role of

captain on a team is never easy because one must gain the respect of everyone else before he/she can lead.

The order of leading to gaining respect can rarely be reversed and goes back to Dr. Thompson’s quote, “You

don’t get to be a leader unless people are following you.”

Jeff brought to light an aspect of leadership that I have never stopped to understand. He explained

the idea that words have different meanings to different people. What is fascinating about this fact is that it is

so easy to forget to acknowledge other people’s perspectives. As a leader, I tend to believe that what I do

and say is in the best interest of my friends, family, and teammates. I try to be as selfless as possible, hoping

that those around me will appreciate all that I do for them. From time to time however, I forget a thing that I

believe is exciting or interesting may have the same meaning to the people around me.

I have already begun to incorporate Dr. Jeff’s lessons of acknowledging other’s perspectives and

articulating my intentions to others into my everyday life. This concept immediately caught my interest

because of how much it relates to my relationship with my girlfriend. She and I are very different personality

types and we have had arguments based upon misinterpretations of each other’s meanings. It is not always

easy to communicate with each other because of how differently we think, but when we explain our

intentions and take time to figure out what we mean when we do the things we do, communication opens up

and we no longer have to guess and assume what goes on in each other’s heads. All in all, articulation and

seeking clarity are two incredibly important keys to being a successful leader, friend, son, and boyfriend.

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Consulting Case Study

Accenture Consulting Company

10 February 2013

To: Sam Aborne

From: LeaderShape Climbing Team: Karli McLean, Lauren Hampton, Conner Adlhoch,

Matthew Hanamoto, Blair Thompson, Trevor Lowe

Subject: The following document outlines the steps that our team has formulated for Mr.

Aborne to follow in order to bring cohesion to his company, a value to his job, and an increase

to his leadership potential.

Background:

The overall fiscal trend of the company/branch has been downward in the last three months.

The new management has been underperforming and has established a rigid hierarchical system

in order to assert rank and dominance. Mr. Aborne’s job title changed from Manager to

Business Architect and he does not feel as though he is making as much of a direct impact on

the business. However, his loyalty to the company remains strong. Mr. Aborne attributes the

decline in overall business to a lack of customer value and service which he felt provided in his

previous position as a Manager.

Steps to S.A.V.E. your company:

1. S- Stewardship

2. A- Arise to the Challenge

3. V- Vocalization

4. E- Establish Innovation

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Recommendation:

Our recommendation for the steps you should take to save your company is broken down into

our acronym S.A.V.E. The first step in our plan is Stewardship. Accenture’s first core value is

Stewardship and it was described as:

“Fulfilling our obligation of building a better, stronger and more durable company for future generations,

protecting the Accenture brand, meeting our commitments to stakeholders, acting with an owner

mentality, developing our people and helping improve communities and the global environment.”

We believe acknowledgment of your own skills and what you bring to your company is vital to

your success. You bring knowledge of the business, past success, and a passion to change the

direction of your branch. Your company needs what you have to offer. If you believe you can

make a difference, you have control over how you utilize your skills to make your business run.

Our second step is Arise to the challenge. The process of changing how your company runs

will not be easy. However, you must focus of the factors you can control. You are in a

leadership position with an incredibly vague description. Don’t let the job description limit your

belief that you can make a change or impact.

The third step is to Vocalize. Communication is important in any relationship. In your case it

appears that you and your superiors are not on the same page. By expressing your thoughts to

your superiors, you can align your goals for your success as well as the company’s.

Our final step is Establish Innovation. Once you have communicated with your superiors, set an

action plan with steps necessary to achieving your peak as a company. You have the power to

S.A.V.E. your company. As the old Chinese proverb goes, “The response is everything.”

Comparative Inquiry Summary:

We believe that by following these steps you will have opportunity to increase your ability to

contribute to your company. Not only will S.A.V.E. bring your company together by directly

establishing the roles and expectations of all employees, but it will also help you understand

what your role in the company is. By having better communication throughout the many

management titles, you will find that it makes following the hierarchal framework of the

company easier. Our team understands that you feel undervalued, underutilized, and possibly

trapped in your position, and we hope that this plan will help you re-ignite your passion for

your job. Instead of looking at this downsizing in your company as a negative event, you should

look at it as an opportunity, and a way for you to show your best business potential. If you

have this positive mindset then you will realize your potential to increase your productivity, enthusiasm for work and ability to help your company succeed.

“The response is everything.” – I. Ching

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I hope to have as significant of

an impact on my players as my

coaches have had on me.

Coaching

Playing basketball and volleyball is my passion. To me, the sports demonstrate

the perfect embodiment of a group of individuals coming together to accomplish a

common goal through hard work, communication, and teamwork. The beautiful sights of

a perfectly run pick and roll or a seamless bump, set, and spike literally makes me to yell

in excitement. I am what some

would call a sports fanatic. I see

these sports as much more than

a game. They are a way of life. I

love these games more than any

sane person should. I play with a

joy and intensity that can only be

brought out of me through

sports. Basketball and volleyball

allows me to be social and it also

gives me the opportunity to be

completely alone inside my head.

The games have taught me

lessons in the areas of discipline,

teamwork, and character that have helped to define

me as a leader. I have taken so much from basketball

and volleyball and coaching gives me an avenue to

spread my knowledge of the games and a way to give

back to my community.

Coaching has enabled me to pass on my passion for the games that I

love to the kids that I have the incredible opportunity to teach. Through my

years of coaching, I was given three teams for basketball and one for volleyball. Each one

of my teams improved drastically through the year and one of them even beat the

number one team in the league on the first game of playoffs. Coaching challenges me to

come up with creative ways to teach my craft and has taught me the true importance of

patience and organization.

There were days when I wondered if the time I was putting in was actually

helping the kids that I coach. I would spend hours talking to my family about ways to

communicate certain ideas and sit alone formulating game strategies and drill methods.

It wasn’t until one of my players, Raza, came up to me after a practice did I know I was

making a difference. Raza was never the best player on the court. He was actually the

kid that came to our first basketball practice in jeans. The traits that made Raza a great

kid to coach were his work-ethic and the way he listened. This kid was a sponge and

was constantly improving. After a season, Raza was no longer the awkward kid in the

jeans; he was a basketball player. The practice Raza came up to me he said, “Coach, I

just wanted to thank you because I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for you.” It

is kids like Raza that makes coaching my favorite leadership experience.

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Conclusion

Leadership is making adjustments in order to make everyone around

me better. Whether I find myself in an office, a classroom, or

traveling the world I want to make a positive difference in the lives of

those around me. I hope to one day work with you and see all of the

great things we can accomplish!

If you want to contact me, feel free to reach me by email:

mhanamot@calpoly.edu

or by cell:

(858) 382-8016

“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better. —Bill Bradley”

- Matt Hanamoto