Ambassador Leaders joins forces with Lead4Change to help our communities and inspire lifelong service leadership.
Greetings Ambassador Leaders family,
Service is a key aspect and commitment of Ambassador Leaders. Every Leadership Summit incorporates a service learning day, and service is one of our foundational values.
Today I am honored to introduce our partner in mission, Lead4Change Student Leadership Program. Based on the best-selling book Taking People With You by Yum! Brands Co-founder, Former Chairman and CEO David Novak, the Lead4Change program nurtures a new generation of leaders, while they learn now to meet critical community needs through project management, decision-making and teamwork.
During the Leadership Summits and months that follow, Ambassador Leaders take part in the Lead4Change Project Challenge. It all starts at the Summit, where students follow a 6-lesson road map guiding them through the process of identifying a need in their community, setting a Big Goal to address it and developing an action plan to reach their goal. Then, they take this community action plan home and get their peers on board to make a real impact in their school and community.
I am always amazed and inspired to see the depth and diversity of the projects that our students develop in the short amount of time, and how passionately they feel about their causes—from hunger, to emotional and mental health in children, the needs of our veterans, environmental issues, and so much more. I am also moved to see how quickly they come together to tackle these big issues, having come from so many diverse countries, cultures and backgrounds. They truly see this world as their common home, and rather than being held back by differences, they learn to bring their unique strengths to creatively solve the issues their generation faces.
In the process, students gain so much more. They learn to be self-aware, to recognize and develop their unique strengths, and to contribute and lead in a team—skills they will take with them for the rest of their lives.
So why wait for the Summit to do some good? To get you thinking about how you can create community change today and grow as a leader in the process, we will be sharing the Lead4Change Lessons on this blog. I hope these lessons inspire you to take this program to your home community and discover what kind of leader you can become—by being your authentic self and by “taking people with you” to do great things.
Stay tuned for more and get ready to step up as a leader!
By Natasha Porter
Natasha is the Founder and CEO of Ambassador Leaders. As an educator and business leader, her life’s passions are international education and helping young people and teams reach their best potential.