Sizzling!

Tom with Mulligan

Have you ever known anyone who seemed to do everything to the best of their ability? Those people who seem to find energy at the crucial time or offer just the right encouragement to coworkers?

As you move through the work environment, certain people start to stand out as positive examples. These individuals are "On Fire" in their field; they are the people who know how to get the job done and how to motivate others to do their best.

Elise at MUSC

Tracy at Back to Basics Childcare

While I don't want you to publicly embarrass anyone by naming names, I'd like to to take a few minutes to describe the characteristics you believe help someone to become a Sizzling Star. Then share your thoughts of how you can develop these skills yourself.

And thank-you to those of you who have started sending me photos and intern stories. Here are a couple of you Stars at your locations this summer.

Looking forward to some great stories!

Reflecting on Summer One and Starting Summer Two

This post is short - I want you to do most of the talking this week. Continuing or completing interns may answer the questions in the next paragraph; new interns should read the final paragraph and respond to the appropriate posts.

Although most interns this summer plan to continue to work through the end of Summer Session 2, a few of you are finishing your internship requirements this week. As you reflect on your experience, try to come up with the one thing which you believe has made the biggest positive impact on you through this internship and tell us about it here. And if there is one thing you could have made a better effort to do from the start (since some students are just beginning their internships), what would it be? Everyone who is continuing into second session is also welcomed to share your answers to these two questions.

Newcomers who are just beginning your internship, I invite you to introduce yourselves through a comment on the "Welcome" post and share a little about your internship plans as a comment on "Getting Started: The Workplace Environment."