Lead with Empower Podcast
Personal Stories and Insights from Tremendous Leaders
4 years ago

Alyssa Caliguri, Mia Cariglia, and Anthony Gelsomini Lead with Empower

Alyssa Caliguri, Assistant Director for 1st Year Student Success at Western New England University (WNEU), Mia Cariglia (2021), and Anthony Gelsomini (2021), both Orientation Group Leaders and Peer Advisors at WNEU, Lead with Empower. Empower Leadership has delivered a handful of team building experiences for the WNEU Orientation Group Leaders (OGL's), Peer Advisors (PA's), and 1st Year Students since May 2020 and we are so happy to catch up with Alyssa, Mia, and Anthony to see how the first semester has gone up at WNEU! Here are the show notes:

00:00: Episode Opening and Guest Introductions

  • We learn a bit more about Alyssa, Mia, and Anthony, as well as their roles as Orientation Group Leaders and Peer Advisors.

18:25: Takeaways from Training Events with Empower Leadership

  • Alyssa, Mia, and Anthony discuss their training and preparation for what has been a very unique year in student orientation.

21:50: Leadership Challenges and Strategies Implemented to Overcome

  • We learn about the leadership challenges faced and the strategies implemented by Alyssa, Mia, and Anthony to overcome those challenges and provide the WNEU first year students with high quality programming and experiences.

38:22: Valuable Experiences During 2020

  • Alyssa, Mia, and Anthony discuss their experiences as leaders/student-leaders in 2020 and how those experiences will benefit them in their futures.

50:45: Leadership Self-Assessment

  • We learn about the leadership strengths and challenges of Alyssa, Mia, and Anthony.

58:30: Episode Closure

  • Some fun, quick-hitting, questions to wrap up the episode, including their preferred method of getting out of their comfort zones (dance in public vs. sing in public), a book, movie, or person who inspires them, a message they would share with "first year Alyssa, Mia, and Anthony", and advice for students preparing for the 2nd semester.
  • Alyssa, Mia, and Anthony also ask Dan some questions - settling a couple "OGL debates" (what type of muffin would you be and Chipotle vs. Moe's) as well as discussing some of Dan's takeaways from the pandemic.

Musical Credit to Matt Jaskot https://soundcloud.com/matt-jaskot