Women In Leadership - Week 5

This week we had 4 guest speakers. Jean, Jean Reynolds, Susan and Tammie. The first Jean is the Director of Operations at the Ohio Health Westerville Medical Campus. She's involved with Girl Scouts. She has three children, the youngest is autistic. She has a bunch of points and quotes that get her through the day and that has brought her to where she is today. These are ; Come to work, willing to be fired Circumvent any orders that may stop you Do any job required to make your project work Find people to help you Follow your intuition about people Leverage what inspires you Don't be afraid to be creative Present peoples ideas in new ways what you know and do well in your current job may not lead to where you want to be in your next job Actively seek and serve as a mentor, never quit learning Learn to create memories Part of a leader is grooming the next generation of talent Find and pursue what you are passionate about She also mentioned a couple of books that impacted her Leadership approach: Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will The Fifth Discipline Good to Great The 360 Degree Leader Harvard Business Review Journal She briefed us on all these topics and told us that becoming a Leader was sheer hard work and commitment. The next speech was from another Jean. Jean Reynolds. She spoke about Leadership vs. Management. Lead : Learn how to fail, Embrace new ideas, Adapt to your customers needs, Desire to be the Best. She said how if you are too afraid to make a mistake, you won't reach success. No ideas, is a bad idea. Aspiring Leaders need to learn how to speak, write, read, set a positive example and care about people. She said that it is not as easy as it sounds. She told us how people don't care what you now unless they know that you care. Plan your work and work you plan. Next up was Susan and Tammie, who spoke together. They are both professionals in the field of Public Relations (PR) Susan told us that there was this thing on the internet called the Strengths Finder and she asked all of us to try to take that as it can and will help us realize our strengths built in as individuals. She spoke about being the only woman at her firm at most events and how sometimes that can be a joy ride but sometimes it can be very tough. Never say Never, is a quote that Susan highlighted. She said that Women should never think that they are incapable, because they are just as capable as men. Tammie spoke up about how she used to work for Bob Evans. It was a firm full of men and how she would constantly be called "KIDDO". Then she went on to work at a firm which was full of women and she said how the contrast was so big and different. Susan and Tammie told us that they feel that technology is taking our generation over and I totally agree with that. She said how amusing it is that men NEVER make a ' To Do List' whereas women on the other hand often do. President Krendl then had a friendly talk with us for the rest of the night. I loved this class too, every class teaches us something new, which can help us deal with the fact that we are women.