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What they Don’t Teach You about Leadership in College
Stephen Tharrett & Mark Williamson
The Storyline
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.” Abraham Lincoln
12 Lessons on Leadership
Passion isn’t just for Lovers!
“Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, and gnaw at it still.” Henry David Thoreau
Power Doesn’t Lead; Influence Does
“Bad leaders, people revile; good leaders, people praise; butgreat leaders are those for whom the people say, we did it ourselves”
Lao Tzu
Buffalos are Out; Geese are In!
“The role of leaders is not to get other people to follow them but to empower others to lead” Bill George, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership
Get in Touch with Your Feminine Side
No doubt emotional intelligence is more rare than book smarts, but my experience says it is actually more important in the making of a leader.”
Jack Welch, former CEO
General Electric
Leadership is not Inherited!
“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born – that here is a genetic factor to leadership. The myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born”
Warren Bennis
American scholar and author
Risk Required!
“Take calculated risk. This is quite different from being rash.”George S. Patton
God Created Man, then He Created Woman
“Perfection is attained in slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.”
Voltaire
“To make mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future”
Plutarch
Pride is like Baggage; to Much Costs Extra!
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and of course, as long as you look down, you can’t see something that is above you.”
Storytellers Create and Sustain Culture
“Stories translate information into emotion.” Karaoke Capitalism
Seek the Treasures that Others Ignore
“Treat people as they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.”
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Change Begins with You
“We must become the change we want to see in the world.” Mahatma Ghandi
It’s Lonely at the Top
“Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone, and acting alone, accept everything alone.” Ferdinand E. Marcus
A Subtle Reminder
Passion isn’t just for lovers
Power doesn’t lead; influence does
Buffalos are out; geese are in
Get in touch with your feminine side
Leadership is not Inherited
Risk Required
God created man, then he created woman
Pride is like baggage; to much costs extra
Storytellers create and sustain culture
Seek the treasures others ignore
Change begins with you
It’s lonely at the top
Insight…We begin by seeking to understand, followed by analyzing the data, resulting in a story only the
numbers can tell.
Inspiration…with the numbers in hand, we generate those “magic facts” that tell you the real story about
your business and its impact on your bottom line.
Impact…with inspiration driven by insight, we assist you with developing and executing strategies that drive
greater loyalty and profitability.
Stephen Tharrett, Co-founder and Principal | [email protected] | 972.746.7605• 20 years leading athletic, golf and tennis as VP and SVP of Operations at ClubCorp
• 2+ years as CEO of the Russian Fitness Group
• 10+ years as a consultant in the fitness and private club industry
• Author of 8business books on the club industry
• Former president of IHRSA
Mark Williamson, Co-founder and Principal | [email protected] | 214.232.2389• 17 years heading up employee and member insights as VP of Research at ClubCorp International
• 5 years as Senior Director of the Guest Experience at Brinker International (e.g., Chili’s, Maggiano’s, On the Border, Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Corner Bakery)
• 2+ years as Executive Director of Consumer Insights at Applebee’s
• 2 years as Director of Research at Match.com
