1. Leadership Interview: Jay Holbrook
Elizabeth Fischer
Thursday December 4, 2003

2. Who is he?
Course Director
Trainer

3. Why did I pick him?
He is a teacher
He is a volunteer

4. Emotionally Controlled
His Leadership Style
Analyzer
Controller
Direct/Assertive
Fact Finder
Emotionally Controlled
Adventure

5. Strengths vs. Weaknesses… What so important?
☺ Necessary for leaders to know those of their group as well as their own! ☺
WHY?
Different Personalities impact group function.
Strength
Helping team realize their strengths and weaknesses.
Weakness
Empathy

6. Values are important!
Scouts are value-based, so his leadership workshops are value-based.
12 Point Boy Scout Law
Trust and Respect are the most important.

7. And what about change? ☺Important in any leadership task!☺ WHY?
Methods of instilling values will change from generation to generation.
THEN
NOW
Camping/Digging Trenches
Corrective measures on the environment

8. The vision is most important and difficult task
“It defines great leadership because all great leaders are determined in their vision.”
 But, powerful emotional reactions are involved.
 Teams can be destroyed and people left behind.
 The future is uncertain.
 “But that is the emotional price you pay as a leader to get to where you want to be.”