"The Other Fellow First"
This year will mark my tenth summer at Camp Kiniya, third summer as a Leader, and second summer as Division-Head (D-Head). Years of growth through the leadership development program have pushed me to lead by example: think of others before myself, embodying the motto, "the Other Fellow First," all while encouraging campers to do the same. I have learned how to regularly give and receive feedback and challenge my campers to set and achieve goals through weekly individual check-ins. As a D-Head, I am a cabin leader, a referee, a public speaker, leader of 3-day hikes in the Adirondacks, and a peer. Being a strategic leader means that as D-Heads, we are asked to create a vision for how we each want our division to run – the tone, culture, and values – and then have a plan to create that for the Leaders and Campers who we are charged with leading.