so I have a bold statement I believe that every single person has the
that every single person has the
that every single person has the potential or is already a leader so
potential or is already a leader so
potential or is already a leader so please raise your hand if you think
please raise your hand if you think
please raise your hand if you think you’re a leader awesome that’s great
you’re a leader awesome that’s great
you’re a leader awesome that’s great but we do have a problem 51 percent of
but we do have a problem 51 percent of
but we do have a problem 51 percent of organizations said that their leadership
organizations said that their leadership
organizations said that their leadership is not at all ready only somewhat ready
is not at all ready only somewhat ready
is not at all ready only somewhat ready to lead them today 51 percent that’s a
to lead them today 51 percent that’s a
to lead them today 51 percent that’s a large amount why do we think that is why
large amount why do we think that is why
large amount why do we think that is why do we think that 51 percent of
do we think that 51 percent of
do we think that 51 percent of organizations do not believe in their
organizations do not believe in their
organizations do not believe in their leaders I would argue that that’s
leaders I would argue that that’s
leaders I would argue that that’s because leaders today are managing
because leaders today are managing
because leaders today are managing instead of leading their organizations
instead of leading their organizations
instead of leading their organizations we need people in charge who have
we need people in charge who have
we need people in charge who have empathy and compassion who role model
empathy and compassion who role model
empathy and compassion who role model the behaviors that we want to see in our
the behaviors that we want to see in our
the behaviors that we want to see in our organizations and set the culture so all
organizations and set the culture so all
organizations and set the culture so all throughout high school I love leadership
throughout high school I love leadership
throughout high school I love leadership positions I wanted to be in every
positions I wanted to be in every
positions I wanted to be in every leadership position I could get my hands
leadership position I could get my hands
leadership position I could get my hands on and that was all well and good but I
on and that was all well and good but I
on and that was all well and good but I was only managing the organization’s I
was only managing the organization’s I
was only managing the organization’s I was part of and that followed me into
was part of and that followed me into
was part of and that followed me into college I still love leadership I wanted
college I still love leadership I wanted
college I still love leadership I wanted to be a part of all the organizations I
to be a part of all the organizations I
to be a part of all the organizations I could but I found myself not connecting
could but I found myself not connecting
could but I found myself not connecting with the people that I was leading I as
with the people that I was leading I as
with the people that I was leading I as a junior became the membership chairman
a junior became the membership chairman
a junior became the membership chairman for my sorority or the recruitment chair
for my sorority or the recruitment chair
for my sorority or the recruitment chair and when I led my workshops for the
and when I led my workshops for the
and when I led my workshops for the first time I found that my audience
first time I found that my audience
first time I found that my audience wasn’t connecting with what I was saying
wasn’t connecting with what I was saying
wasn’t connecting with what I was saying they were disinterested and some were
they were disinterested and some were
they were disinterested and some were even playing on their phones which
even playing on their phones which
even playing on their phones which necessarily wasn’t a good thing but it
necessarily wasn’t a good thing but it
necessarily wasn’t a good thing but it was something I was doing wrong not what
was something I was doing wrong not what
was something I was doing wrong not what they were doing wrong I wasn’t able to
they were doing wrong I wasn’t able to
they were doing wrong I wasn’t able to connect with my audience and through
connect with my audience and through
connect with my audience and through some self-reflection I remember at a
some self-reflection I remember at a
some self-reflection I remember at a time I attended a Leadership Academy
time I attended a Leadership Academy
time I attended a Leadership Academy with my sororities we learned all kinds
with my sororities we learned all kinds
with my sororities we learned all kinds of things about actions and how to
of things about actions and how to
of things about actions and how to implement good leadership qualities and
implement good leadership qualities and
implement good leadership qualities and I reflected within myself and I came up
I reflected within myself and I came up
I reflected within myself and I came up with three ways to be an effective
with three ways to be an effective
with three ways to be an effective leader so one you must communicate with
leader so one you must communicate with
leader so one you must communicate with emotional intelligence so this is all
emotional intelligence so this is all
emotional intelligence so this is all about tailoring how you talk to people
about tailoring how you talk to people
about tailoring how you talk to people then you must model the way be a role
then you must model the way be a role
then you must model the way be a role model for the people in your
model for the people in your
model for the people in your organization’s and next you must
organization’s and next you must
organization’s and next you must communicate in it and inspire a shared
communicate in it and inspire a shared
communicate in it and inspire a shared vision within your organization’s so we
vision within your organization’s so we
vision within your organization’s so we all need leaders that want to be a part
all need leaders that want to be a part
all need leaders that want to be a part of our organizations and then
of our organizations and then
of our organizations and then communicate effectively so when we start
communicate effectively so when we start
communicate effectively so when we start communicating with emotional
communicating with emotional
communicating with emotional intelligence and tailoring our message
intelligence and tailoring our message
intelligence and tailoring our message to our audience and we need to think
to our audience and we need to think
to our audience and we need to think before we speak as leaders we need to
before we speak as leaders we need to
before we speak as leaders we need to think about what we’re saying and how
think about what we’re saying and how
think about what we’re saying and how that can be proceeded next we must show
that can be proceeded next we must show
that can be proceeded next we must show ourselves to our audience must show
ourselves to our audience must show
ourselves to our audience must show ourselves to our organization so that
ourselves to our organization so that
ourselves to our organization so that they see that we’re not always perfect
they see that we’re not always perfect
they see that we’re not always perfect that we may may may make mistakes but
that we may may may make mistakes but
that we may may may make mistakes but that’s okay and they then become
that’s okay and they then become
that’s okay and they then become connected with us as leaders we start
connected with us as leaders we start
connected with us as leaders we start communicating effectively when we start
communicating effectively when we start
communicating effectively when we start that then we allow for open
that then we allow for open
that then we allow for open communication back and forth between the
communication back and forth between the
communication back and forth between the people in our organization and our
people in our organization and our
people in our organization and our leaders we allow people to be creative
leaders we allow people to be creative
leaders we allow people to be creative and come up with ideas and then give
and come up with ideas and then give
and come up with ideas and then give constructive feedback as well we start
constructive feedback as well we start
constructive feedback as well we start innovating instead of standing still and
innovating instead of standing still and
innovating instead of standing still and once we start communicating and having
once we start communicating and having
once we start communicating and having our organizations practice that open
our organizations practice that open
our organizations practice that open communication we start inspiring the
communication we start inspiring the
communication we start inspiring the people around us to come talk to us we
people around us to come talk to us we
people around us to come talk to us we can’t become approachable and that’s
can’t become approachable and that’s
can’t become approachable and that’s something that’s very important for all
something that’s very important for all
something that’s very important for all organizations and once we model the
organizations and once we model the
organizations and once we model the emotional intelligence we role model the
emotional intelligence we role model the
emotional intelligence we role model the behaviors that we want in our
behaviors that we want in our
behaviors that we want in our organizations so we must communicate
organizations so we must communicate
organizations so we must communicate with emotional intelligence but we also
with emotional intelligence but we also
with emotional intelligence but we also need to role model the behaviors in
need to role model the behaviors in
need to role model the behaviors in organizations we need to role model
organizations we need to role model
organizations we need to role model empathy we need a role model compassion
empathy we need a role model compassion
empathy we need a role model compassion hard work and dedication as well as
hard work and dedication as well as
hard work and dedication as well as ethics and if we want that to be a part
ethics and if we want that to be a part
ethics and if we want that to be a part of our organizations we must first act
of our organizations we must first act
of our organizations we must first act it out
it out
it out we have to be able to act on what we say
we have to be able to act on what we say
we have to be able to act on what we say because it’s no longer a model of do
because it’s no longer a model of do
because it’s no longer a model of do what I say not what I do we have to
what I say not what I do we have to
what I say not what I do we have to actually practice what we preach to our
actually practice what we preach to our
actually practice what we preach to our organizations and that’s so important to
organizations and that’s so important to
organizations and that’s so important to inspire the people around us and when we
inspire the people around us and when we
inspire the people around us and when we start acting on what we say we become
start acting on what we say we become
start acting on what we say we become connected to our audience and our
connected to our audience and our
connected to our audience and our organization and that’s really cool
organization and that’s really cool
organization and that’s really cool right leaders need to be connected and
right leaders need to be connected and
right leaders need to be connected and haven’t we all had a leader an
haven’t we all had a leader an
haven’t we all had a leader an organization that has these really high
organization that has these really high
organization that has these really high expectations for us but we can’t fulfill
expectations for us but we can’t fulfill
expectations for us but we can’t fulfill and then it becomes frustrating right
and then it becomes frustrating right
and then it becomes frustrating right yeah and once we start acting on what we
yeah and once we start acting on what we
yeah and once we start acting on what we say we inspire the people around us we
say we inspire the people around us we
say we inspire the people around us we inspire them to do what we want to do we
inspire them to do what we want to do we
inspire them to do what we want to do we inspire a shared vision so we need to
inspire a shared vision so we need to
inspire a shared vision so we need to communicate with emotional intelligence
communicate with emotional intelligence
communicate with emotional intelligence we need a role model the behaviors we
we need a role model the behaviors we
we need a role model the behaviors we want in our organization and we need to
want in our organization and we need to
want in our organization and we need to inspire shared vision doesn’t everyone
inspire shared vision doesn’t everyone
inspire shared vision doesn’t everyone want to be inspired doesn’t want
want to be inspired doesn’t want
want to be inspired doesn’t want everyone want a cause to be a part of
everyone want a cause to be a part of
everyone want a cause to be a part of and become passionate about passion
and become passionate about passion
and become passionate about passion inspires people passion gets people
inspires people passion gets people
inspires people passion gets people excited about what they’re doing and
excited about what they’re doing and
excited about what they’re doing and passion is contagious
passion is contagious
passion is contagious passion allows us to do these small
passion allows us to do these small
passion allows us to do these small mundane tasks that we may not like but
mundane tasks that we may not like but
mundane tasks that we may not like but because we’re passionate about them we
because we’re passionate about them we
because we’re passionate about them we see the end goal and they become fun
see the end goal and they become fun
see the end goal and they become fun doesn’t everyone want something that’s
doesn’t everyone want something that’s
doesn’t everyone want something that’s fun to be a part of right and passion
fun to be a part of right and passion
fun to be a part of right and passion shines through and all these moments we
shines through and all these moments we
shines through and all these moments we have within our organization passion
have within our organization passion
have within our organization passion allows us to do great things and become
allows us to do great things and become
allows us to do great things and become together in a inspired shared vision and
together in a inspired shared vision and
together in a inspired shared vision and an end goal for organization so as
an end goal for organization so as
an end goal for organization so as leaders we need to role model the
leaders we need to role model the
leaders we need to role model the behavior we want formal organizations
behavior we want formal organizations
behavior we want formal organizations communicate with emotional intelligence
communicate with emotional intelligence
communicate with emotional intelligence and inspire the people around us to see
and inspire the people around us to see
and inspire the people around us to see our end goal and once we start doing
our end goal and once we start doing
our end goal and once we start doing that we see a change within our
that we see a change within our
that we see a change within our organization once I started role
organization once I started role
organization once I started role modelling behavior I wanted for my
modelling behavior I wanted for my
modelling behavior I wanted for my organization when I started actively
organization when I started actively
organization when I started actively listening to the people who are talking
listening to the people who are talking
listening to the people who are talking to me and being present in conversations
to me and being present in conversations
to me and being present in conversations I saw them become present in our
I saw them become present in our
I saw them become present in our conversations I saw them get excited
conversations I saw them get excited
conversations I saw them get excited about what I was talking about and
about what I was talking about and
about what I was talking about and become dedicated to the cause they had
become dedicated to the cause they had
become dedicated to the cause they had fun when we were doing workshops they
fun when we were doing workshops they
fun when we were doing workshops they had fun being a part of what I was doing
had fun being a part of what I was doing
had fun being a part of what I was doing so leaders why are we not communicating
so leaders why are we not communicating
so leaders why are we not communicating a shared vision why are we not
a shared vision why are we not
a shared vision why are we not communicating with emotional
communicating with emotional
communicating with emotional intelligence why are we not role
intelligence why are we not role
intelligence why are we not role modeling behaviors we want from our
modeling behaviors we want from our
modeling behaviors we want from our organizations why are we not inspiring a
organizations why are we not inspiring a
organizations why are we not inspiring a shared vision I’d like to leave you with
shared vision I’d like to leave you with
shared vision I’d like to leave you with this quote leadership is the capacity
this quote leadership is the capacity
this quote leadership is the capacity and the will to rally men and women to a
and the will to rally men and women to a
and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which
common purpose and the character which
common purpose and the character which inspires confidence thank you
inspires confidence thank you
inspires confidence thank you [Applause]
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