I recently came across Lead
Star, a leadership development company co founded by Angie Morgan and
Courtney Lynch. Following nine years as Marine Corps officers, Angie became a
highly regarded corporate leader and Courtney became a highly regarded legal
leader. The company, website, and their
book, Leading
From the Front, offer insightful perspectives on leadership that are
applicable to leaders in many different types of settings. It is also refreshing to read about
leadership from two very accomplished women. Angie is also from Michigan, one
of the Joyce Ivy Foundation states.
Another element I find interesting about this successful
company is that both women were extremely motivated as high school and college
students, much like the Joyce Ivy
Foundation Summer Scholars, and then moved from successful collegiate
experiences to the Marine Corps as officers. Leadership lessons and experiences
in military and civilian careers motivated them to take yet another risk to
start a company as a collaborative creative team. Each stretched beyond a
comfort zone multiple times. They seem
to constantly refine their own understanding and embodiment of leadership and
then seek to share that with others, particularly women.
Two quotes from Angie stood out to me on the Lead Star site:
I was once told that you can spend countless hours of wasted energy trying to be better than everyone around you…but that is a futile goal. You can never be better than anyone else. You can only be better than yourself.
About being a leader:
'Leader' isn’t a title bestowed upon you. It’s a title you can take and own for yourself.
I had the chance to speak with Angie this week, and I asked
her about advice she would share with current and future Summer Scholars. She had this to share about considering a challenge:
Ask yourself, if I do not pursue this challenge or take this well considered risk, who gets to do this? Set the goal and commit to action. Go do it.
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