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- Values-based leadership is not compromising
who you are in order to represent others.
- Values-based anything
is the value of what you put on yourself,
on your life, on your community, on everything.
- I think it's listening to others and making sure
that they know that you value their input
and that you care about their concerns.
- It's leadership that comes from the core
of ethical, moral, and frankly just,
you know, social justice, the ability to lead.
Where you're looking at the values
of the impact on people that you're leading.
- Being a leader is showing actions
and being able to empathize with people,
being able to help people navigate the situations
that are happening.
- Leadership to me is a never-ending journey.
Leadership is one where it's complex,
it's exciting,
it's a huge responsibility,
and it's an opportunity to develop self
and to develop others.
- Your number one job as a leader,
your toughest job is going to be to balance
your work schedule, and faith, family and friends.
Never forgetting that they'll be there in the end.
You balance that and then you focus on
the values-based leadership, the essence of it
whether it's ethics, honesty, integrity, you name it.
You're going to be known not only as a good leader,
but you'll also be known as a good person
and that will be your most prized accomplishment
when you reach the top.
- One of the fundamental things
that General Shelton said to the board
and to us as staff
when we first started was leadership
is not something that is just taught but practiced.
So you may need to understand what concepts are.
But unless you are doing it,
you're not gonna be able to understand
that impact that you are or are not having
with those that you are leading.
And so the center, that's all we do.
We think, we reflect and we practice always.
- We live in a town of 1,200 people.
There's a lot of kids that don't have the ability
to learn how to lead, stuff like that, you know?
And I saw what they had in mind
and we had in mind when we got involved
and just to be able to take these young people
and give them the opportunity
for their abilities to come to the surface.
We are promoting them to use good judgment,
make good decisions,
and be able to communicate with people.
- It was through the relationships that I built
with the Shelton Leadership Center
that I was able to get connected
to my future graduate program.
And that graduate program led to a career
that not only utilizes my technical skills,
but also my desire to serve others.
So both of those were bolstered
through the Shelton Leadership Center as well.
So I'm just really thankful
that I was able to become part of this Shelton family
because it has impacted my life in a really profound way.
- The Shelton Leadership Center is one
of many opportunities that exists on campus.
NC State is here to help everyone who is coming,
regardless of their background, their financial status,
what languages they speak,
what barriers they have to overcome.
But the Shelton Leadership Center
I believe is one of the best resources out there.
They taught me to be comfortable with myself
and to be the most authentic person.
- When we look around the country right now,
we know that we have issues in civic engagement,
civic leadership, people stepping up in communities
and helping communities be better.
And so my hope for the center is that it continues
to focus on doing all of those things I just described
and continuing to elevate communities
all across North Carolina.
- My future hopes are that downstream
every student leaving NC State has not only
a degree that is world class
from a university that is world class,
but is also steeped in values-based leadership.
That we have somehow been able to touch
every student that walks out the door
that we have students that when they go into the workforce
are able to pass on to their workers,
to the people that work for them,
these values that we hold so near and dear.
If we do that,
it's a force multiplier that is just so big
it's hard to describe.
Downstream, we'll be touching millions of people.
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