>> TODAY'S EDITION OF COMMUNITY CONNECTION FEATURES EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SERVING LESS THAN SIX MONTHS IN THE NEW LEADERSHIP ROLES.

WHAT ARE THE VISIONS, CHALLENGE, THRILLS SO FAR.

LET ME DO THE ROUNDTABLE INTRODUCTION.

GOOD DAY TO YOU, SIERRA HATFIELD.

HELLO TO YOU.

>> HOLELOW.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> APPRECIATE YOU.

SAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES RACHEL.

GOOD THAT YOU HERE.

>> GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU.

>> AMANDA RINES DISABILITY NETWORK LAKESHORE, HI AMANDA.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> ALEXANDER, YOU THEN LEADERSHIP ROLE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO.

THANK YOU FOR HALVING ME.

>> AND WE WILL BE GENTLE BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL IN NEW ROLES WITH EXPERIENCED LEADERS IN WITHIN WAY OR ANOTHER OR WOULD YOU NOT BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT TODAY.

WOULD YOU INTRODUCE US.

>> SURE.

SURE.

SO WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY EVENTUALLY OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND THAT LOOKS A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS SO WE HAVE A VISUAL IN MEDIA ARTS AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT IS FOR GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE IN THAT SOME DAYTIME RES CONDITIONSY WHO ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT INS OUTSIDE OF GRAND RAPIDS LIKE KENTWOOD FOR EXAMPLE.

SO WE ALSO HAVE FIRST DEVELOPMENT WHERE ADULTS DOM LEARN A KI REAR IN HEALTH WEAR, MEDICAL BILLING, PHARMACY TECHS IN SPECIFICALLY AND THEN WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS IT IS TUITION FREE SO AN INDIVIDUAL COULD COME, GRADUATE WITH THEIR SERT IF I CAUTION, THAT HAS NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND THEN WE ALSO SUPPORT THE CAREER PLACEMENT PROCESS ALL WITH NO OUT-OF-POCKET DEBT.

SO I MEAN, THOSE ARE TWO IN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMMERCIAL SCREEN PRINTING BUSINESS WHERE WE SPRINT ON ANYTHING THAT COULD BE LAID FLAT, T-SHIRT, HOODIE, FOLDERS, THEN THE REVENUE COMES BACK IN TO SUPPORT SOUR MISSION HERE AND PUBLIC AGENCY WHICH IS OUR HUMAN CENTER DESIGN CONSULTANCY WHICH LEVERAGES THE HUMAN CENTER DESIGN PROCESS THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS TO APPROACH COMPLEX COMMUNITY CHALLENGES.

SO YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THE RESTORATION PROJECT, AND WEST MICHIGAN WORKS, AND WE ALSO ARE DOING NATIONAL WORK AS WELL.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HOW OUR MISSION IS INTEGRATED INTO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SIERRA, THE CENTER?

YEAH.

SOME IT IS A WORD THAT MEANS PURPOSE SO IT IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL ART CENTER HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS AND OUR PURPOSE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON YOU KNOW COMMUNITY CENTERED SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS SO ALL ABOUT BUILDING PEOPLE DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITIES SO OUR VISION TOYINGS BECOME WORLD CLASS CENTER THAT WILL BE MORE FOST DEST MISSION FOR RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PRESERVATION AND CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOUR VISION IS TO ACTUALLY BUILD A TANGIBLE SPACE WHERE ALL THAT CAP HAPPEN HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS ANDING THAT IS OUR CAPITAL PROJECT, AND SO IR PROGRAMMING FOCUS A LOT ON EQUITY AND ARTS, CONNECTING PEOPLE TO EACH OTHER AND JUST FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO COME THINS OF COLLEGE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

RACHEL.

YOUR ORGANIZATION, PLEASE.

>> SO I HAVE THE HUMAN INDUSTRIES WHICH IS AN INDUSTRY ROOTED IN PRESENTING AND ENDING RELATIONSHIP ABUSE SO ME LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY ENGAGE TO HAVE A PLACE OF REFUGE AND HOPE.

A WE WOULD BE PLACES TO BE WELCOMING TO ALL SURVIVORS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND AND TON DO THAT ON THE SPECTRUM FROM PREVENTION WORK, SO WE DO THAT WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AROUND COOL IT COUNTY AND ENGAGING IN EDUCATION AND TO PREVENT ABUSE AND DEVELOP FRONTTIVE FACTORS FOR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, THEN, MOST RECENTLY, HAVE LAUNCHED GENDER K TY READING PROGRAM THIS PAST YEAR AND ARE EXCOOL ITED TO ENGAGE WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS AROUND THAT AND YOU KNOW THE LITERACY CENTER HERE AND WE WORKED A LOT WITH AWA RECENTLY TO CONNECT YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH A PANDEMIC MAKING THOSE CREATE CHANGES AND THEN, THEN WE HAVE A SHELTER, THAT WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH AND HAVE 14 ROOMS THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 56 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR SHELTER SPACE, SO WE PROVIDE 24-7 ACCESS TO THAT THROUGH A CRISIS HOTLINE NUMBER, AND THEN PROVIDE THE OPTION OF SAFE SPACE AND SUPPORT AND AT KATE SY SERVICE AROUND THAT AND THEN YOU ALSO DON'T NEED TO TAB PART OF THE SHELTER TO GET SUPPORT SERVICES HERE FROM OUR AAMAZING TEAM OF ADVOCATES WHO ARE WILLING TO WALK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING RELATIONSHIP ABUSE AND THEN HAVE CREATE SOLUTIONS AND CONNECT TO RESOURCES, WHERE THANK INFUL WE HAVE A COMMUNITY FILLED WITH A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTNER WITH AND TO NETWORK THOSE RESOURCES FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE EACH DAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AMANDA, TAKE US TO THE LAKESHORE.

>> HI.

SO DISABILITY NETWORK LIKE IS A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING WHERE WE'RE ONE OF 15CIL'S IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND OUR FOCUS COMES OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA LIVING MOVEMENT THAT CAME ABOUT IN THE 196'S IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND WE FOCUS ON THE IDEA IN THE PHILOSOPHY THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES KNOW BEST ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND BARRIERS.

AND THEY SHOULD BE THE EXPERT IN THEIR OWN LIFE AND SELF-DETERMINATION.

REASONABLE REFLY IN THE FACE OF MEDICAL MODEL WE'RE IN AND THE DOCTOR AND THE THERAPISTS COME UP WITH A PLANS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER.

WE FLIM THAT SCRIPTED AND SAY WHAT DO YOU WANT, WHAT IS INDEPENDENT TO YOU AS A PERSON AND HOW CANDICE ABILITY NETWORK LAKESHORE GET THERE YOU WHETHER THAT BE JOB TRAINING, CAREER EXPLORE OR HELPING TRANSITION HEM COUNSELING BENEFITS PLANNING SO YOU CAN LEVERAGE WORK WITH YOUR BENEFITS AND NOT BE DENIED THE DIGNITY OF WORK, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO WORK IN THE COME IN THE WITH EMPLOYERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLE IN THIS TO CREATE A NEWSPAPER INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT IS WELCOMING, BE THAT ACCOMMODATES AND GIVES A PLACE FOR FOLKS WITH DISACHES OF ALL KINDS.

WE SERVE ANYONE THAT SELF IDENTIFIES AS HAVING A DISABILITY.

SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS STILL WORKING IN THAT AREA.

>> WONDERFUL.

ALL RIGHT.

QUESTION.

THE FIRST QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU.

WILL START WITH YOU AMANDA.

HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR ROLE AS A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR?

>> WELL, I GUESS, I GUESS, IN A PANDEMIC THAT CERTAINLY I WOULD MAIN GIN LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN FOR OTHERS.

THEN I THINK IT REALLY IS BEING OPEN AND LEARNING PRIOR TO THIS.

RIGHT?

SO THERE ARE DEGREES AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN GO GET AND TO BE A GOOD LEADER BUT REALLY IT IS WORKING WITH EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS AT LEAST FOR ME, MY PREPARATION WAS HAVING INCREDIBLE ROLE MODELS WHO SUPERVISED ME.

I HAD STRONG WOMEN LEADERS WHO HELPED GUIDE ME AND TEACH ME SO I HAVE ABOUT A DECADE WORKING IN CHILD WELL FIR AND GRAND RAPIDS AREA AND THEY PREPARED ME.

THEY PUT ME IN THE PRESSURE COUP COOKER AND GUIDE MED, AND SO, I HAVE THEM TO THANK FOR MY PREPARATIONS.

YEAH.

YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN.

YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VISION.

AND I THINK THAT WAS MY PREPARATION, BUT IN A PANDEMIC, KNOW?

I DON'T KNOW HOW UNUSUAL MY EXPERIENCE IS.

>> YES, TALK ABOUT YOU, HOW DID YOU COME TO FIND YOUR WAY FROM DAY ONE?

YEAH.

THAT IS GREAT QUESTION, SHELLY.

YOU WOULD PICK ON WHAT AMANDA SAID IN THAT I BELIEVE I AM HERE BECAUSE OF THE CHOM IN THE OF SUPPORT THAT SURROUND ME.

FIRST AM FROM GRASP, I AM BORN AND RAISED THEN I BELIEVE THAT MY LIVING EXPERIENCED COMBINED WITH YOU KNOW, ED "AND ARE FESSIONAL EXPERIENCES HAVE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS MOVEMENT POSSIBLE TO ME AND GOING BACK TO CHILDHOOD AND ADD I HAVE A PERSONAL BOARD A ATH THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE WISE IN CERTAIN AREA AND MORE EXPERIENCES IN OTHERS THAN MYSELF IN A LOT OF WAS.

THEY SEE SAN HELP TO CULTIVATE LEADERSHIP WITH ME FOR SOME SOME TIME.

ONE OF WHICH IS DANIEL WOMEN ARE WHICHIAMS WHO IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND SO WHO IS HERE AND NOW FOR ME, HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HIM AND WALKING WITH HIM FROM THE LAST SIX YEARS AND WATCHING YOU KNOW.

HOW HE LEADS AP OBSERVING AND ENGAGING IN COACHING SESSION I THIS THINK HAVE HELPED FOR ME TO BE HERE AND I WOULD ALSO SAY WITH ME BEING A FIRST TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER ORGANIZATION TO DO IT WITH.

THROUGH THE VALUES I SHOULD SAY, AROUND EQUITY AND AUTHENTICITY AND COME IN THE IN HOW, IN HOW THAT IS PREX HE ISED EVERYDAY, NOT ONLY THROUGH THE STUDENT STAFF BEHAVIORS BUT ALSO IT IS BAKED IN A THE MISSION AND I THINK THAT THAT IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH MY OWN VALUES, SO I WOULD NOT BE HERE AND PRIT NOT FOR THE COME IN THIS U.S.

THANKS.

>> SY REAR, SAME QUESTION TO WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT OF ASTERISK.

ARE NEW THE COME IN THE SCHNALL YEAH.

YEAH.

SO I WILL ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS AS WELL.

I HAVE ONLY BEEN IN GRAND RAPIDS FOR TWO MONTHS AND I CAN REALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, THE CHOM IN THIS TY MOTHER BEHIND SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES AND SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES AND SO, AND SO AS I SAID BEFORE, I COKE THE SENTIMENTS I HAVE BEEN IN THE POSITION FOR I THINK UNDER THREE WEEKS AT THIS POINT SO VERY VERY, VERY NEW AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT OUR WORKING BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL IN NOT ONLY GIVING ME UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS DONE SO FAR AND WHERE IT IS GOING BUT ALSO JUST INTRODUCING KNOW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT I GUESS ALONG WITH OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION TO BE SO FOCUSED.

AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THAT KIND OF A THING AND SO I WILL SAY THAT I BELIEVE MY PHYSICIAN IS A LITTLE UNIQUE AND IN THE SENSE THAT THE CENTER IS A HUER ORGANIZATION AND IT IS A SMALLER ORGANIZATION AND SO SOMETHING THAT I AM REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT IS COMING INTO THIS POSITION, I REALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO A BUILD A TEAM THAT WILL MAKE THE DREAM HAPPEN.

AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING A ROBUST INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND ENGAGING MEMBER AND GETTING VOLUNTEERS INVOLVE THEN AGAIN ALL OF THAT BEES BEING SEN STERD ON PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, EDGE FLOY BOOED BY THE ORC MYZATION THESE ARE PEOPLE OUT OF THE GOODNESS ANG THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS AND WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND SO, AND SO AGAIN, JUST BEING REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY AND INVITING MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND THEN HAVING A REALLY NICE BOARD THAT HAS HELP MED FROM DAY ONE.

>> RACHEL HOW HAVE YOU HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH SAFE HAVEN.

AND I WOULD SHARE AND I AM LIKE THIS IS THE THIRD WEEK HERE.

I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE SHARED THIS IS POSTURE WITH ME AND LEARNING, YOU KNOW, THEN BUILDING OFF OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE GOING BEFORE US.

UNDERSTANDING THOSE THINGS THAT ARE DEEPLY ROOTED AND WHO SAFE HAVEN IS TODAY AND RECOGNIZING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO A NEW SEASON.

I WILL SAY ONBARRING IN A PANDEMIC IS VERY INTERESTING PANDEMIC.

WHEN YOU CAN'T DO FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS WITH EVERYONE OR THINGS ARE JUST OPENING UP, AND SO, BEING CREATIVE ABOUT THAT AND I THINK ONE THING THAT I HAVE JUST SEEN IN THE BRIEF ONBOARDING, YOU KNOW, THE LISTENING-LEARNING PROCESS IS LIKE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HYDRANT OF INFORMATION, RIGHT?

AS YOU ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF AN ORGANIZATION BUT WHAT I SEE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THINK THIS IS A STRENGTH OF WEST MICHIGAN AND IT IS RELATIONSHIP, AND WHAT WE ARE AS ORGANIZATIONS AND BECAUSE LIKE SY REAR SAID.

LIKE EVEN BEING NEW, SHE IS SURROUNDED BY BOARD THAT IS SUPPORTIVE AND HOW WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION IN TURNLY AND THAT WE GET TO DEVELOP BUT ALSO EXTERNALLY NUM KNOW, I HAVE RUN INTO VOLUNTEERS IN SURVIVOR LEADERS AND STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE PART OF OUR STORY AND, AND, YOU OH, AS I PREPARE, YOU THINK IT THIS IS POSTURE OF LISTENING THAT ALLOWS ME TO TEN NEAR A PLACE OF CULL STRAIGHTING WHAT IS NEXT AND, AND, RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE SOME TIME SANSOM INTERESTING CONSTRAINTS TO DEAL WITH AND AS WE TAKE THOSE NEXT STEPS BUT YOU OH, IT IS ONE DAY AT A TIME OF SEEING THE STRENGTH THAT WE HAVE, THEN, KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SAYING WHAT ARE THE THING WE HOPE TO CHANGE.

WHEN WE ARE NOW HE, AT SAFE HAVEN LOOKING AT AND DEEP PROBLEM OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND KNOWING THAT, THAT THAT IS RIGHTED IN LIKE HISTORY AND IN TICK AND SYSTEMS AND ACCESS FOR PEOPLE AND TO GAIN RESOURCES AND THINGS THAT HAVE DISRUPPED THEIR ABILITY TO LIVE LIFE IN A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP, AND SO YOU KNOW, THAT ENGAGEMENT MEANS I PARTNER WITH A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS OF PEOPLE AND SO, YOU TOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I AM EXCITED TO DEVELOP THOSE PARTNERSHIP AND STRENGTHEN THE ONES WE HAVE AND BUILD NEW ONCE THAT WILL LEVEL UP OUR SYSTEM FOR CHANGE TO DISRUPT AND END AND PREVENT VIOLENCE.

>> NICE THANK YOU.

LET'S EXPAND ON THE TOPIC OF LEAD.

I AM WILL START WITH YOU.

WHATS THE LEADERSHIP STYLE?

LET'S ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU KNOW THE STAFF SOMETIMES SIT IN THE BACKROOM.

WE GAT NEW LEADER.

HOW DID YOU TALK TO YOUR STAFF FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU ARE THE NEW LEADER?

ABLE I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD CONSENSUS I BELIEVE IN LIKE THE GIFT OF PERSUASION, SO I AM VERY MUCH A PERSON, WHO LIKES TO WORK, AND I WORK WITHIN TIME!

TEAMS, TO TAKE ON A LISTENING POSTURE, AND THEN, MAKE DECISION THAT I BELIEVE ARE ROOTED IN THE BEST NEED, AND ROOTEDDED IN NEEDS OF THE THEM INTO ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THE DECISION.

RIGHT?

SO THAT IS LIKE, THAT IS A POSTURE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

THEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

CAN YOU REPEAT THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION?

ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU COME IN, DEAN CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HOW DO YOU SHARE YOUR VISION WITH YOUR SNAF YEAH.

SOME I SAID ONE OF THE GREAT THINGSING ABOUT HERE HERE FOR SIX YEAR, RIGHT?

SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WORK THE TEAM TO BUILD TRUST AND BUILD CREDIBILITY AND TO GET THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE SIX YEAR 1st AS YOU KNOW, AS THIS POSITION BECAME AVAILABLE AND I EXPRESSED MY INTONATE PURSUE IT, I SOUGHT OUT FEEDBACK DIRECTLY FROM YOU KNOW, FROM PEOPLE ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF OUR ORGANIZATION UNORDER TO GENERATE SUPPORT FOR THIS.

SO YOU KNOW, THEN AGAIN, FOR ME, IT STARTED WITH LISTENING TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE HAPPEN HERE.

WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES WHAN ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGEST?

AND YOU KNOW, SO BETWEEN THAT AND MY OWN PERSPECTIVE, AND, AND THE PANDEMIC WHERE RIGHT.

SO NOW, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE IS REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE REFRAIN SOME OF THESE DISHIMSELF ARES THAT WE EXPERIENCED AS OPPORTUNITIES TO GO BOTH WIDER AND DEEPER IN THE WORK.

RIGHT?

SO WE ARE LOOK AT THE HIGHER OWEDCATION MODEL OR HOW EDUCATION DELIVERED AND IS DIFFERENT AND SO ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO STRONGLY PARTNER WITH THE TEAM AND THE PROGRAM AND WITH OTHER POST SECOND A SECONDARY INSTITUTION AND HOW DO WE LOOK AT EARN AND LEARN MODEL THROUGH WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY NEED SECURITY OR INSTAKE NOW FOR THE FUTURE SON WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW?

AND THIS IS THE FUTURE?

>> WONDERFUL.

WE HAVE THE SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE AND WHAT WAS THE FIRST MEETING RYK WITH YOUR STAFF.

>> WELL, YEAH.

YEAH.

SO LIKE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT MY LEADERSHIP STYLE IS ROOTED IN COLLABORATION AND THE BEST IDEA IN THE ROOM IS THE ONE WE ARE GOING WITH.

AND YOU ONLY GET TO THAT BEST IDEA WHEN YOU ASK, WHEN YOU OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOAM TRUST THAT ARE REALLY ASKING FOR THEIR INPUT AND THEN, YOU VALUE IT.

THEN HONOR IT.

CERTAIN N EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR YOU MAKE DECISION THAT NOT EVERYBODY WILL BE ONBOARD WITH BUT I THINK YOU GET A PLACE OF TRUST WITH YOUR STAFF WHEN THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE INPUT AND THEN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HURT EVEN IF A DEAS IS MADE THAT THEY WERE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH.

AND SO I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS.

I AM ALWAYS SEEKING FEEDBACK AND I THINK THAT FIRST CONVERSATION WITH STAFF REALLY WAS ABOUT BUILDING THAT CULTURE OF TRUST AND JUST STARTING TO LAY THE FOUNDATION WITH THEM BUT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WHAT I AM TELLING YOU, I AMGEN WINLY INTERESTED WHEN IT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

DOWEL THE WORK.

DAY IN.

DAY OUT.

ABOUT AGAIN, WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE.

THERE MAY BE DID HES THAT THAT HAVE TO BE MADE THAT DON'T MAKE TO YOU, I AM HERE TO LISTEN.

TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.

TO IN CORPORATE THAT INTO ALL OF THE DECISIONS AND HOW THE BOTTOM LINE IS.

HOW DIMES PACT OUR CONSUMERS?

HOW DOES THAT IMPACT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ACHING THEIR FULL, PENT.

LAV.

IF IT DOESN'T, THEN THAT IS NOT THE WAY WE ARE GOING.

AND SO, WITH IT IS JUST KIND OF BALANCING THAT WITH STAFF AND REALLY THAT IS A LONG, THAT IS A PROCESS.

ESPECIALLY AS A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMING INTO A LONG STANDING ORGANIZATION.

YOU JUST TO HAVE TO DO THAT ONE STEP AT TIME, ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

KEEP THE DOOR OPEN.

AND SEEK OUT, SEEK THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE SO ESPECIALLY EARLY ON TRUSTERRING THAT YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAY.

THAT MY DOOR IS OPEN COME ON IN.

MAYBE IT IS ME GOING TO THEIR DOOR AND SAYING YOU GOT A MINUTE.

YOU KNOW?

>> SY REAR, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US WITH YOUR MISSION I THINK, I WANTON SAY SMALLER STAFF AND HOW DO YOU EXECUTE YOUR PLAN?

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

SO I WILL TELL ON MY SALE OF LITTLE BIT FIRST.

I SELF IDENTIFY AS INTROVERT.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY BE WONDERING HOW CAN INTROVERT BE THIS, BE IN A POSITION LIKE IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT EVERY GREAT LEADER STARTS BY REALIZING AND UTILIZING, SO FOR ME MY STRENGTH AS LEADER TO LISTEN AND TO FIND AREAS OF COLLABORATION.

BECAUSE AS INTROVELT AS WELL.

I DON'T WANT TO BE UNHAPPY.

WANT TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH NOT JUST YOU KNOW NOT AS MUCH BUYIN AS WELL, BUT ALSO, JUST I WANT EVERYONE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING AND BE HAPPY WITH IT AND THEN BEST NOT JUST INVEST THE TIME BUT EMOTIONAL ENERGY TO IT.

WHEN YOU HAVE A MISSION AS AMBITIOUS AS THE CENTER HAVING THAT THAT COMMUNITY BUYIN AND THAT OUTLOOKING AND THOSE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IS CRITICAL.

AND SO, AND SO, WITH THAT, MY LEADERSHIP STYLE IS VERY, YOU KNOW, I BEEN DESCRIBED AS DIPLOMATIC, BUREAU CRA CRATIC.

DON'T THINK THOSE ARE BAD THINGS AND JUST REALLY LISTENING TO YOUR TEAM, LISTENING TO THE DIRECTION THAT ALL OF YOUR STAKEHOLDERS WANT YOU TO GO AND THEN, THEN BEING A ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND PUT YOU KNOW, A TAKENNABLE PLAN TOGETHER AND WHERE EVERYONE YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY ARE NOT 00% HAPPY WITH EVERY PIECE OF THE PLAN, BUT THAT IS NEVER THE GOAL.

THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO JUST FIND SOMETHING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS MOST YOU KNOW, THE BEST DIRECTION TO GO.

AND YOU KNOW, IN DOING THAT, THEN, TO AND THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, HOW DO YOU KIND OF COMEN IN KATE TO THAT TO THE STAFF AND GO AHEAD AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS, THIS IS YOU KNOW, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS.

THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GO.

THIS IS NOT, KNOW, THIS IS NOT A DOES HAVE EVERY PIECE OF EVERY BUZZ THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND TRYING TO SOLVE AND IT HAS MOST OF IT HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE THAT.

YOU AT LOVE THAT I BELIEVE CAN CAN BE MITIGATED BY JUST HAVING THOSE PEOPLE HAVING THOSE STAFF MEMBERS TO BE IN AS MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT DIRECTION AS POSSIBLE.

AND TO REALLY NOW, ALMOST, ALMOST, AS IF YOU YOUR STAFF AND EMPLOYEES HAS SHARE IN THE MISSION.

AND THEN, SO, SO, I KNOW THIS SHELLY.

SHE SAID THE CENTER HAS A MUCH SMALLER STAFF.

I AM THE ONLY STAFF AT THIS POINT, WELL, I SAID THAT.

>> YEAH.

YES.

>> AND HOW WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT STAFF.

WELL, WITH THE TIME REMAINING.

SO WE ONLY GET THE BEST.

SO I THROW IT TO YOU, RACHEL.

WE'RE DOWN TO A MINUTE AND A HALF BEFORE WE SAY OUR GOOD-BYES.

SO THANK YOU SY REAR.

GIVE KNOW YOUR TEEN THAT IF YOU WOULD RACHEL.

A WELL, YEAH.

SO I THINK I HAVE MY LEADERSHIP STYLES WANT TO BE A SERVANT LEADER.

WELL I WANT TO WALK WITH OUR TEAM AND WALK WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVE AND LIKE EVERYONE% SHARED YOU KNOW, WE EXISTS AS ORGANIZATIONS FOR OUR WHOLE COMMUNITIES TO FLOURISH AND ARE IN CERTAIN PLACES FOR PARTICULAR POPULATIONS AND TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.

AND SO YOU KNOW, THAT IS HOW I SEE MYSELF AND THAT I GET TO BE INVITATIONS TO OUR TEAM TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND SO AS I ONBOARD I HAVE DONE ONE-ON-ONES AND I AM STILL GETTING THROUGH OUR WHOLE TEAM.

ABOUT 35 PEOPLE.

WHOM ARE PART OF THE TEAM.

AND THAT MEANS THAT SITTING DOWN ONE-ON-ONE THEM AND HEARING THEIR STORIES AND THAT IS THEN MY POSTURE OF THIS INVITATION THAT EVERY STORY THAT WE HAVE THAT IS A PART OF OUR TEAM CONTRIBUTE AS TO THE WHOLE MISSION AND HOW DO WE CULTIVATE THOSE STORIES OF OUR TEAM MEMBER AND THEY ARE GIFTING, THEIR EXPERIENCE, AND THEIR CULTURE, EVERYTHING, THAT THEY BRING TO OUR TEAM AND BECAUSE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND YOU KNOW, IT IS WHERE LIKE EVEREVERYONE SAID, YOU NAVIGATE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO HEAR IDEA AND TO MAKING DECISIONS AND THEN, THEN SO AS SERVANT LEADER I HAVE THE PERSONALITY PROFILE AND OF A MAVERICK WHICH MEANS I PUSH INTO HARD PLACE AND ASK HARD QUESTIONS THEN I THINK THAT IN MY LEADERSHIP AND THAT FIELD I HAVE BEEN AND DISRUPTING BY VENSE IN OUR COMMUNITY CHANGING SYSTEMS WILTON LEAD IN THAT WHICH AND AND HONORED TO BE A PART OF SAFETY AND THEN DOING THAT AND BRINGING TO A NEW FLIES PREVENT AND YOU KNOW, EN THEIR ABUSE THAT WE SEE IN RELATIONSHIPS.

AND 1:00, UM, YEAH.

EXISTS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE HAVE ALL YOUR WEBSITES UP AS WE SAY OURED ABOUTBASE AND I HAVE TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO ALL OF YOU NOW.

THANK FOR THE LEADERSHIP.

YOU TALK SIX MONTHS FROM NOW.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

THANKS.

>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING NASH COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

TAKE CARE.

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