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Leadership Skills for Tomorrow

Leadership Skills for Tomorrow. Lessons Learned About L ife A fter S erving as a Presidential Assistant Kimberly A. Luse. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pumpkin Patch. How Did You Get Here?. Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days.

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Leadership Skills for Tomorrow

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  1. Leadership Skills for Tomorrow Lessons Learned About Life After Serving as a Presidential Assistant Kimberly A. Luse

  2. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pumpkin Patch

  3. How Did You Get Here? • Then indecision brings its own delays, • And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days. • Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; • What you can do, or dream you can begin it; • Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. • ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  4. Comfort, Sunshine and Butterflies

  5. A Rainbow of Possibilities • The networks we rely on in a stable job are rarely the ones that lead us to something new and different • Most people experience the transition to a new working life as a time of confusion, loss, insecurity, and uncertainty ~Herminia Ibarra, Working Identity

  6. Resourcefulness “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ― Albert Einstein

  7. Ways of Knowing • Introspection and Reflection • Standardized Tools (ie MBTI) • Professional Career Advisors • Mentors • “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.” ― Albert Einstein

  8. Time for a Change? “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein

  9. Get Organized • Activate Networks • Professional Organizations • Stay Close With Your Mentors • Personal Portfolio • Take an Honest Assessment of Your Credentials • “The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.” ― Albert Einstein

  10. Herminia Ibarra: “A True Change of Direction is Always Terrifying!”

  11. Working Identity • Who You Are • What You Do • Measuring Resiliency • ~”Adults are much more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking than to think their way into a new way of acting.” Surfing the Edge of Chaos, Richard Pascale

  12. No One Wants To Be Caught Like This! “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity” ― Albert Einstein

  13. We Plan, God Laughs • Transitions Don’t Always Happen on Your Timetable • Have a Plan of Action if a Crisis Occurs • Breathe, and Remember Change can be a Positive Catalyst

  14. Show Some Attitude Sleepless in Seattle Doritos “You never fail until you stop trying.” ― Albert Einstein

  15. Shades and a Bike “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” ― Albert Einstein

  16. Life Goes On “I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.” ― Albert Einstein

  17. As You Begin Again “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” ― Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

  18. Lady Gaga Whether life’s disabilities Left you outcast, bullied or teased Rejoice and love yourself today ‘Cause baby, you were born this way!

  19. Acknowledgements • The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else, Anders, Penguin Group Publishers, 2011 • Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career, Ibarra, Harvard Business School Press, 2004 • Beautiful grandchildren (Knox and Finley) courtesy of Jessica and Kevin Duke

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