网曝吃瓜 President M. Christopher Brown II was the keynote speaker at the recent graduation ceremony of this year鈥檚 Leadership Frankfort class held on the 网曝吃瓜 campus.
President Brown asked the graduates to move beyond traditional transactional leadership and embrace transformational leadership.
鈥淏e willing to use your work ethic more than the traditional way,鈥� President Brown said. 鈥淏e willing to go beyond the status quo to do something that has never been done.鈥�
A viable solution is not the only solution, President Brown said.
鈥淭he reality is all of us are complex thinkers and, as graduates of Leadership Frankfort, clearly effective decision makers,鈥� President Brown said.
President Brown said focus will be placed this semester at 网曝吃瓜 on emphasizing the perspective of 鈥渕y way, your way or a better way.鈥� He鈥檒l be asking employees to consider each month, 鈥渨hat can we do differently than how we have before that will make things better?鈥�
Frankfort is a great place to live and raise a family.
鈥淲e can never sell Frankfort short,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here are small cities that believe they can be bigger in terms of quality of life.鈥�
He referenced an R.L. Sharpe poem, 鈥淧rinces & Kings鈥� and said, 鈥淭he Chamber of Commerce can help us all build a Frankfort into a stepping stone if we dare to lead differently.鈥�
Carmen Inman, president/CEO of the Frankfort Area Chamber of Commerce, said 490 people have graduated from the Leadership Frankfort program since its inception in 1991.
Inman presented President Brown with a copy of Find Your Why by Simon Sinek for the Paul G. Blazer Library.