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COVER STORY

oriented team builder approach. From the get I was far out of touch with positive life giving

in your face, “do what I tell you” attitude, to an values. Everyone values something in life,
organization who prepares leaders to identify our family, our job, where we live, and the list
and develop talent has made a big difference goes on, doesn’t it? Let’s apply the values idea
in the “All Volunteer Army” of today. A leader, to Toastmasters, that’s something we all have

who has developed the ability to gain trust, is in common. Looking at Toastmasters from a
willing to deal with the tough questions, who member perspective, let’s consider how values
is committed and accountable inspires people mold our behaviors which move us toward
to action and gains results. Wouldn’t you rather getting what we came for. The first level of

be led by someone who knows where they’re leading is self-leadership. The big question I ask
going? This thinking about leadership has been myself as a member is: What are the behaviors
transforming businesses and organizations (values) I must exhibit in order to succeed in this
world wide. If we want to be effective leaders program?

in today’s world we need to look at I recently ordered a set of Toastmasters
and understand what it means to “Core Values” coins because I’ve
lead people, today! And, don’t get been studying leadership values.
me wrong, I’m not talking about As I considered these values of

some willy nilly melba toast Integrity, Respect, Service, and
“please please do this” kind of Excellence, I could see
attitude. I’m talking about how they correlated
developing strength of to behaviors. What,

vision and mission I thought, are the
with the ability to behaviors that these
convey those values values translate
to people in such toward? How do these

a way that they values contribute to
believe, that they what I gain from the
understand “why” Toastmasters program?
we must take action These are questions I

toward a chosen goal. began to ask myself as I
Let’s talk about learned more about the
values. Values impact leadership side of the
everything we do. I’ve program. Think about

come to understand a club meeting and how
values at a deeper level these values translate into
in recent years. But behaviors which create the
back in my old days, environment of learning

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