We started off today by attending Kristen Hadeed's keynote talk "Leadersh!t" and yes that is how she spelled it - which was a brutally honest and hilarious program about leadership. Kristen was a twenty one year old CEO who struggled with leadership power which almost ruined her business. She spoke upon three values that we as a Greek community must live up to.
The first value is "actionable values". This value is all about members that say they live and uphold their organizations values but do the opposite. What I took out of this value was that we need to realize that people notice what you do. She quoted that "a whisper is a shout" which is very true, especially in such a small tight-knit community like we have a Bridgewater. Every small action you do as a member reflects your organization. The second value she spoke upon was accountability. Kristen is a firm believer that within a sisterhood or a brotherhood, or even just with a close friend you should hold each other accountable for your actions. Another aspect of holding each other accountable is to make sure that if you are holding one brother, sister, or friend accountable than you must treat your other members in the same manner.
She told us a story of how a friend of hers got too intoxicated while wearing letters and did something that was highly uncharacteristic of her and the values of her organization. This is where I get the quote "one person can ruin everything we built in one second" - because of her friend's actions, that organization has struggles with image and recruiting sisters TILL THIS DAY and this situation occurred in 2009.
The last value she spoke upon was "conversations that make a difference". This value showed that you should always have someone in your life or organization that brings out the best in its people. She then introduced the 'FBI' - feeling, behavior, impact lesson that I believe all BSU Greeks should do. The FBI challenge was to text someone telling them how you truly feel - either positive or negative. The following are examples that Kristen gave us:
Negative FBI: I feel disappointed, because you committed to tomorrow's event and now you are telling me you cannot go and the impact that has is I am now unsure if I can rely on you in the future.
Positive FBI: I feel proud when you shared your opinion at chapter today and the impact that has is that it inspires me to be a better member.
I challenge all of you to live up to Kristen's values and to text a friend an FBI statement.
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