Leadership
On Wednesday February 6th Faribault Rotary had the pleasure of hearing from Jason Hunt. author of "The Other Side". A book about moving from being a worker or employee to being a leader. Jason shared with us his story of how this book came about. He was a principal at the Owatonna Jr. High. This was his dream job, or so he thought. After about a year of things seeming pretty great, he realized (hiding in a portable class room alone one day) that he had not been a good leader, and the effects were starting to show. He took a good hard look at what he needed to change, and what he could have done differently.
He discussed with us these ideas for leaders: 1. Character Counts, 2. Build the confidence of others, 3. Connect before you lead, 4. Collaborate to be great, and 5. Increase capacity to increase influence.
Jason was able to take a severance from the school district which allowed him to care for his family, a wife and 4 children, and allowed him to focus on his training course, and get his business off the ground. There are a two ways Jason is working to make a difference. He is speaking to organizations, and he offers a Mastermind program, where he develops curriculum for companies and meets over the course of 6-8 90-minute meetings with management to teach and train leadership.
A dozen or so Rotarians purchased his book. Critics review to follow! Thank you, Jason, to speaking to us - I am sure he inspired the room to be better leaders, and take the step to the other side if we are not there already. We hope to see you again soon!