Another Productive Day

Today has been another productive day. I spent the majority of it putting the finishing touches on the Internship Manual that we will provide for our spring interns. It includes: Roles and responsibilities and the entire curriculum of articles, handouts, slides, assignments and projects. After being an internship coordinator for a few semesters now, I have worked tirelessly to improve their learning experience and make each semester better than the last. This updated manual is another step up from last semester.

I have also found that as a supervisor, it is important to provide clear and concise direction and roles to your staff. I have come to find that not everyone just knows what needs to be done or how I want it done and many aren't driven enough to find a way to make things happen on their own. Just like our athletes, we expect them to all have that internal drive to be great but many of them don't. We, as strength coaches, are here to motivate them and push them to be successful. I have found I need to deal with my interns the same way. Very few are self motivated enough to do what it takes to make it in this field. Its my job to show, clearly outline, and motivate them to achieve the level of excellence that is required. From that point, its on them whether they put in the work to make it happen.

Toastmasters tonight at 7pm.