Definitions of Leadership

There are many ways to define leadership.  In the final piece of your presentation, we are asking you to provide your personal definition of leadership.  Then, we would like you to identify a person in your life who you feel lives this definition and tell us about that person.

To begin our discussion on leadership, we would like you to read through the following text.  Make sure to focus on "Another Definition in Progress" through "Insight: The 20th Century."

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Finding Your Passion, Your True North

"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In school and in work there is an epidemic.  It is far-reaching and is threatening to undermine the progress that many of you have been striving for; it causes people to burn-out and turn away from jobs and projects they used to love.  We have all experienced its symptoms, blame, apathy, procrastination, frustration, and the most devastating, negativity.  When a person has no passion for what they do, it can pull a piece of the foundation from the foundation of a fragile house of cards.

We work around it, we take on more responsibility, we complain, or we shut down.  There are many avenues that can accommodate or avoid dealing with an issue that is stopping us from achieving outstanding results.  But, there is a more proactive manner in which we can synergize and energize our committees.

Last class we talked with you about finding our true north and putting that true north into our mission statement for our life.  Talk briefly about your progress in working through your mission statement

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