The leadership lessons I’ve learned and taught my kids

June 20, 2013

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namaste! My name is Ed Wu. I am a follower of Christ, a husband to my wife, a father to my kids and an evangelist of “test & learn” culture. I enjoy reading, yoga & outdoor activities

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Just a bit more about me

• Major in political science

• Mountain climbing & team captain (24K ft)

• Regional sales manager

• 3E leadership model

• Major in Marketing & Management

• Intern at Dell

• Desktop Pricing, Public BI, web analytics, testing

• Board of director, DAA

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I have heard so many different types of leadership

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And there are so many leadership books you can never read

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WE DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS

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It is important to have your personal “leadership philosophy”,

so let me share with you how I understand “leadership”.

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#1: the function of leadership is to

create more leaders, not more followers

-Ralph Nader

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#2: Leadership is both “what”

and “how”

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#3: Leadership transcends

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Now I’ll show you the key leadership lessons I’ve learned

and taught my kids…and hopefully my team

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#1 it is more important to be kind than to be smart

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#2 It's better to give than to receive

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#3 play hard, have fun!

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People rarely succeed unless they

have fun in what they are doing.

-Dale Carnegie

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To summarize

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Beliefs Priorities Hobbies

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Create leaders What & How Transcends

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#1 it is more important to be kind than to be smart #2 It's better to give than to receive #3 play hard, have fun!

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DHANYAVAD!