-: My name is Mitch Isaacs, executive director
for Shake for Leadership Academy.
First, it starts with understanding yourself.
So anytime we do leadership training,
that's fundamental.
If you don't understand your own strengths
and weaknesses, know what you bring to the table,
it's hard to work successfully
in a team of any size.
So once you know who you are,
then figuring out what role you typically play on a team.
And then after that, what's your role in the community?
So it really is an inside-out model.
In terms of qualities, great leaders know how to persuade.
Leadership is not about command and control.
Leadership is about motivating others
and encouraging them, and persuading them to do things
that maybe they weren't sure they wanted to do,
or weren't sure that they could do.
So great leaders connect with people
in such a way to bring out greatness in them.