Coming off of the summer and getting ready for the fall and all its antics with the plethora of events, new students to welcome and communication to uphold with the office, as well as NAIT definitely holds its challenges in trying to maintain some work life balance lol. But then again, that’s why I ran.
So what is the KESA deep dive you ask? Well I’ll first have to explain a bit of background before I go into what a deep dive is. At the beginning of our term, the other three executives and my self, as well as the past execs went on a retreat where we set the stage for the whole year. Creating our expectations of each other and establishing a platform for accountability, success, and what it all looks like to us as NAITSA executives.
We did this, and then were sent home with some homework; to come up with some smart. Throughout the summer my smart goals have evolved a bit, and I think its safe to say that some of the other executives have also. They mainly rest on what my platform was when I ran and ensuring I deliver on what I promised this year.
The deep dive was a get together once again to confirm our smart goals. But more so to have a getaway where we can check in with one another and listen to what we each have to say, where were coming from and to see how we’ve each grown and how our situations have changed since our first retreat.
To be honest I wasn’t really sure what the deep dive was before we sat down. But I can tell you that after coming out of it I’m extremely excited to have the team I have behind me right now. I think this deep dive was more about making sure that as executives, we’re all on the same page with what our objectives are; making sure that our smart goals are in line with what our purpose is as executives of a students’ association, and to enforce the fact that we’re in this one together.
When I say we’re in this together I mean we are here to help each other out when one of us are having trouble. Let me stress that this does not mean we are here to bail each other out when someone has slacked off and just depended on others kind of like a sponge soaks up everything around it for its self.
What I mean is that we are expected to act independently at this stage, seeing as we are executives of a post secondary institute. So it is very important to make it clear in these types of session, I feel, that we bring that forward and let each other know that personal responsibility, and accountability are expected at this point (not being dependent), but at the same time we can’t afford to just act independently either.