3. Briefly explain what is the single greatest challenge you faced in this award area and how did you overcome that challenge.
This should again be a minimum of 150 Words
Note:
Be specific and provide insight into your management and performance skills.
Be specific and provide insight into your management and performance skills.
This biggest challenge I faced was making sure that I followed directions on a specific recipe to make for supper. I would always forget an ingredient or I wouldn't bake it thoroughly. I overcame this challenge by asking others for help. It's all about teamwork too. The older and more experienced workers would teach me the tricks in the kitchen and what to do. I checked off things that I did correctly and if I came upon something I wasn't sure of, I would ask my manager for help. She was always willing to help out in the kitchen and that was very helpful. Now I help others in the kitchen when they experience the same struggles as I did when I was in their position. I figured out that it was very important to read directions carefully and not rush in the kitchen. I clean up the dishes correctly and follow the correct safety procedures in the kitchen such as washing your hands often and wearing a hairnet.
ReplyDeleteThe greatest challenge I have faced in working at pioneer would be working with different diseases that appear in the corn. My first year at pioneer I seen the weird growth on the corn and then learned that it was head smut, then learning that there are two different kinds of head smut finding out that one kind of head smut is just from hail and other damage and some smut can ruin the corn and needs to be burned off and is very dangerous. Being a leader I have had to learn the differences between the different smuts and if it is the bad kind I have had to learn to treat it so that it does not become worse. When I continue my degree I think I will learn more about head smut so I will already be a little ahead of the game.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest challenge that I faced within my SAE was developing confidence. When I was first learning to be a cashier, I checked the 'flipbook' constantly, because I could not remember produce PLU's for the life of me. After lots of practice I learned the numbers. Yes, I still have to look up the numbers for fruits/vegetables that aren't very popular, but I am a much faster and more confident cashier now. My confidence growth has helped me to become a better worker, and person. I communicate with customers well, and I even speak up in class more. In a roundabout way, my SAE has helped me within my FFA presidency, because now I am a more vocal, energetic, and positive leader.
ReplyDeleteThe greatest challenge i have faced was leaning how to operate equipment without my dad or grandpas help. Like planting corn the only way i learned was asked questions and got in and drove with my dad right beside me pick at everything i did one round with my dad and he was gone and on my own planting the farms future crop was in my hands and if Is screwed up it was going to be my but there were many things that ran through your head like was it planting was a row plugged was it putting on fertilizer or the right amount these things ran through my head every time I ran the planter. the combine was the same way things just running through my head worrying about something was happening that I didn't know or see like if it was just dropping corn right on the ground or it was catching on fire or something wasn't just working but now going through all that now its just like riding a bike you never forget what to watch and when something happens I know how to fix it.
ReplyDeleteI overcame listening to my boss and following directions that my boss has provided for me. I know that when you don't get your work done that my boss tells you to do, he begins to get angry with you. So I think it's very important to listen to what my boss says exactly, and if I don't understand than question him and ask him to explain more so I can complete the task the way he wants it done. Also, I know that my boss owns a lot of the town and he likes to keep things looking nice, so he asks you to do it a certain way for a reason, and that's the way he likes it. So when I'm taking an order from him, I put under consideration that it needs to be done the way he likes it, so other people admire the way he likes to keep things nice.
ReplyDeleteThe greatest challenged the I have with my SAE would be my communication skills. I have not always been one to be very good with my communication. I am really shy and don't really like talking to new people that I have never seen before. My co-workers have really helped me to over come this problem though. At first they would take the customers, but soon they have me take over. They would go clean so that I would get the chance to meet new people and work on my communication skills. They taught me that even though you may not know the customer it is important that you get to know the customers and show them that you care. They enjoy it when you ask question and get to know them. They don't want to feel like just another person. They like to know that you care. I enjoy my SAE that much more since I enjoy getting to meet new people and learn about different people from different states.
ReplyDeleteWorking with people i dont like so i guess communication skills.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest challenge I faced in my SAE was making sure that I always did things correctly. This is kind of a broad challenge, but it was something that I had to face every day. Whenever my boss gave me specific instructions I had to listen carefully in order to do exactly what he said. For example, I was supposed to go open and close some pen gates because we had to get cattle out to load and there were about five or six different gates I had to change. I had to open and close these different gates in order for the cattle to go through the alley. If I didn't open or close the right one, or I didn't latch them when I did, the cattle could get out and I would be to blame. We would then have to take extra time that we could be using to get other things done to round them up. If they were really crazy cattle a few might even run off the yard and then it would be very difficult to catch them. That is a huge money loss right there. This is just one example, but my biggest challenge was definitely making sure I followed directions exactly the way I was told so it wouldn't create chaos.
ReplyDeleteWith my SAE I was expected to be on the road constantly, and often I would be home only a few days a week. The days could be long.There were some days that we would work 14 hour days, go to a hotel, wake up early the next day and do the same thing again. The long road trips were not fun for me, there were days we would drive all the way to Texas, and be gone the majority of the week. When we got back we would be expected to work early the next day, and those days seemed to be the hardest. There was one coworker who was not very rational,and would fly off the handle. I had to keep my composure, but at times it was very hard.
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