jeudi 11 août 2011

10 minutes with Brenda Sharpe, president/CEO of the Sunflower House - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Sharpe will leave the child-abuse prevention centef in Shawnee to start a new job April 5 as the first executiv director of the ReachFoundationj board. What's the hardest part of leavinh ? It's definitely leaving the people. I have such a wonderfuk board and staff, and they've become my second What's the best advices you've received? To never give up on a and to not be afraid to embracemy vision. Sometimes you thin you're the only one to see things far I've had people say that's a skillp that I should embrace. What's the key to being a great leader?
I think one thinv that I've found effective is leading by People who are greatleaders don't ever say, "That'ss not in my job description." They just do it. How do you keep your life balanced?? I have to give all that credit to my I have a wonderfuolhusband who's as engaged in our children'es lives as I am. He also has a very busy We get together at least once a month and look forward in our calendars at least the next two months to make sure that we have plannedc time for family events and activities in additionb to all of ourprofessional engagements. How has your caree r surprised you? This last move is a greart surpriseto me.
I never saw myself leavin the childadvocacy movement, but I'm an impact and I was surprised to find an opportunithy that has the potential for me to make an even greaterr impact on Kansas children and their families. What othere career would you liketo try? I have alwaysa had an interest in law, and I do sometimezs regret that I didn't pursue that interesy further because I have certainly been introducesd to hundreds of legalp matters in my nonprofit And I'm intrigued by the FBI. I think theie role in law enforcement isvery important. What skillo have you found the hardestto develop?
Probably the skill that's hardest for me to develop is alwayz maintaining professional boundaries becauswe I tend to like peoplee a lot, and some of those work relationships crose over into friendships, and that can be a How would you sum up your philosophy of life? I thinok I have a very aeriaol approach to life and management. I'mn always looking far ahead and from aboveand "Where do we want to be in five When I look at an chart, I don't look from the top down; I look at it from abov to see the intricate pattern.
I like to take thingas that don't make sense and make them make sense, organized them, on a broad and that's part of what intrigues me about (Reach). What was your favorite school subject? I was an English honors major in college when Istarted out.

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