Last week I had an exciting opportunity to join 55 Miami students for a week long conference called The LeaderShape Institute. Students packed their bags and headed an hour southeast of Oxford to Loveland, Ohio. Throughout the week students were challenged to look deep inside themselves and reflect upon the areas they are passionate about, and then to think big, REALLY BIG. They were asked to broaden their lens much larger than running a better student organization meeting and more in-depth than conducting a great fraternity fundraiser. They were challenged to think about changing the world! Students developed “Vision Statements” and then focused for the rest of the week on how to bring these visions to reality. They learned the importance of developing relationships and sustaining integrity in everything they do.
Fifty-five students, most of whom didn’t know each other before they left Oxford, shared challenging moments, many laughs, and a few tears. I heard it over and over again from the participants, they felt LeaderShape was life changing, and it provided them the confidence to take the once impossible dream and start to put the pieces together to make a difference in this world.
Until next time,
Brian
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