My name is Lexy and I will be participating in the Disney College Program starting on April 6th, 2015! I will be working in Attractions and I've created this blog so that my family and friends can keep up with my adventures and so I can share some of the knowledge and experiences I have while I am living here in Florida! Also during my time here I will be using this experience to study first hand the leadership of one of the largest companies in the world-Disney. I will specifically be looking to study servant leadership, team leadership, and authenticity in leadership. Each of these are leadership theories which I have a particular interest in and I will be focusing my research on these main areas. I will also be looking at the impact of these styles in the communication and organizational structure of one of the largest, most successful companies in the world; The Walt Disney Company. At the end of my time in the Disney College Program I will be taking my research back to North Central College to use in the future for my honors thesis and Master's of Leadership disertation.
The specific goal of my research is to prove or disprove the correlation between authentic leadership (currently understood as knowing and acting in accordance with personal values) and organizational values, researching if authentic leadership does in fact include both organizational and personal values.