Leadership Matters
By Ron Kitchens
Over the past few months, as I have interviewed business, community, educational and military leaders about their views of the community and what our future could be. I have heard about the incredible men and women in our past who recruited new businesses, endowed the university, fought for Sheppard and dozens of other acts of community commitment that changed the lives of generations. I must admit, I am a leadership geek. I have read hundreds of books on the subject and listened to thousands of hours of TED Talks and podcasts, so hearing about our own leadership heroes like Kell, Kemp and Clymer remind me that developing and inspiring leaders does not happen by accident.
“Leaders are fascinated by the future. You are a leader if and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with the status quo. Because in your head, you can see a better future. The friction between ‘what is’ and ‘what could be’ burns you, stirs you up, propels you.”
If we are going to create a bigger future and disrupt the status quo for Wichita Falls, it is critical that we grow, inspire and invest in today and tomorrow’s leaders. With that in mind, I invite you to join us for Leaderfest on December 7th. We will spend the day together learning from leaders who have had an incredible impact and will share their journeys with us. We will kick off a yearlong leadership journey for the community that will include more than 30 leadership sessions on top of the eight leaders you will experience in December.
Check out www.leaderfest.us to learn more and buy your tickets. You have my personal guarantee that no community, company or organization ever got weaker when their leaders got stronger.