Leadership Shorts

Recently Walk the Talk decided to develop a new handbook on Leadership.  To help gather content they solicited ideas from the many subscribers of their popular mailing lists.  If your idea was selected to be included your name would be listed in the book and you would get a certain amount of complementary copies.

I have been a subscriber and fan of Walk the Talk ever since I learned about them a few years ago and would recommend them to anyone interested in growing as a person, professional, and leader.  I receive and read their daily inspirational quotes each morning, have read several of their books, and watched many of their motivational movies.

Being a fan of the work they do and someone with a passion for leadership, working to become the best person I can, and trying to help others grow and develop I decided to submit a handful of ideas.

I really enjoyed documenting some of my ideas and offering them for others to read and hopefully learn from.  I also liked how they limited the amount of information that could be provided in each submission.  I thought with the format used that it was short, easy to consume, and made it more likely for others to take the time to read.

After submitting my ideas I decided I wanted to continue my effort to produce information on leadership in the same format and make it available for others.  So I decided to create a new category on my blog site titled “Leadership Shorts” where I will be making short postings containing some of my ideas on leadership.

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About willieryder

Willie Ryder spent 10 years in the United States Marine Corps working in Communications and Information Technology in multiple different Leadership roles. He then went to work at Microsoft where he has been for almost 15 years now working in Engineer, Manager, and Leadership roles. Willie is very passionate about his personal and professional development and also helping others grow. Especially our next generation. He was an active member in Toastmasters for 8 years where he worked on his Communications and Leadership skills and has mentored many others in these areas. Willie has been a year round youth basketball coach at www.YesICanBasketball.com for 13 years where he has had the wonderful opportunity to work with and coach 100's of kids of all ages. The past 6 years he has regularly volunteered to speak about character traits and mentor kids at the nearby public elementary schools. Over the last 3 years he has been a volunteer mentor with the nonprofit organization www.RightMovesForYouth.org where he tries to make a positive impact on some of the local High School students. Willie has been married to Jennifer for 24 years. They have 2 daughters, a son, and a Siberian Husky. In his free time he enjoys spending time with family, attending and serving at Elevation Church, Coaching youth basketball, Writing, Public Speaking, Reading, and Running.
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1 Response to Leadership Shorts

  1. Calvin Duncan's avatar Calvin Duncan says:

    Your words are powerful and thought provoking. They clearly resonate with me, because you practice the very leadership principles and ideals you share. Please continue to be YOU.

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