Kirk Weisler

Many of us went into Monday night dreading having to go to class for 5 hours, but I think most would agree that those 5 hours were well spent with Kirk Weisler. There were many things that Kirk talked about in regards to leadership, but there were a couple things that really stuck out in my mind when he was talking about them. "Inspire not require." It is easier to inspire someone to want to do something than to require them to do something. As a leader you want to really got your team excited and motivated about a certain topic, otherwise if they aren't enthusiastic about it it could probably turn out horrible and they won't be interested in it so they will put little effort into that job. Inspire them to learn don't require it! Another important thing was that leadership doesn't just happen, it is a day to day process. You can want to be a leader, but you must work at becoming that leader and take the steps you need to to get where you want to be. It won't just happen...at least not for most of us. Kirk also said that one of the most important things as a leader is to grow yourself. Don't just settle to be an average leader, because in most cases you won't succeed. Make yourself better by challenging yourself in different ways, be able to talk about something interesting...be able to tell your life story.