Our daughter, Katy, turned 16 earlier this month, and we had a fun time surprising her by meeting her track team at Fiesta Texas in San Antonio on her birthday. She’s pictured above with a money cake. Jennifer rolled up one hundred $1 bills and made her a three layered cake!
Katy has a lot of innate leadership qualities. In fact, she was selected for a Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Seminar—designed to help high school sophomores recognize their leadership talents and apply them to become effective, ethical leaders in their home, school, workplace and community.
Last year, Katy was a protégé in a high school development program I designed and delivered—University Baptist Church’s Student Leadership Academy. Over the course of the year, Katy was mentored by a high school student, addressing questions like: Where do you see God at work in your life? What challenges are you facing that you would like to discuss?
In the program, she also learned from Leadership Speakers and three different Workshops I delivered (Personal Effectiveness; Leadership Fundamentals; and Out of This World Leadership). For the first workshop, I used a variety of John Maxwell’s materials, including his book Leading from the Lockers.
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