Tahira K. Hira, Professor Executive Assistant to the President tkhira@iastate

Success and Leadership Tahira K. Hira, Professor Executive Assistant to the President tkhira@iastate.edu Iowa State University Member-US President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy www.eng.iastate.edu/tkhira

Background • Long journey-east to west • Schooling, professional life • Role of Fulbright scholarship • Family of birth and acquired families • Global citizen • My passion and beliefs • Education for me & every one else • Freedom of thought and action • “Sky is the limit” • Giving and forgiving

Neal Donald Walsch says …. • Life Is not a process of discovery, life is a process of creation • No condition is good or bad, all conditions are temporary, nothing stays same, nothing remains static, which way a thing changes depends on you. Conversations with God: an uncommon dialogue. Book 1. Neal Donald Walsch 1996

Leadership is the willingness and capacity to respond to what is needed in a situation. And many of us have that opportunity to give leadership. You may be in a group of twenty people, and you know something needs to be done. You may not be the leader, but you are going to give leadership to the group by responding in some way that you help it to move. You can open the gate for others to come in. Leadership is the willingness and capacity to respond to what is needed in a situation. And many of us have that opportunity to give leadership. You may be in a group of twenty people, and you know something needs to be done. You may not be the leader, but you are going to give leadership to the group by responding in some way that you help it to move. You can open the gate for others to come in. Leadership is the willingness and capacity to respond to what is needed in a situation. And many of us have that opportunity to give leadership. You may be in a group of twenty people, and you know something needs to be done. You may not be the leader, but you are going to give leadership to the group by responding in some way that you help it to move. You can open the gate for others to come in. Leadership is the willingness and capacity to respond to what is needed in a situation. And many of us have that opportunity to give leadership. You may be in a group of twenty people, and you know something needs to be done. You may not be the leader, but you are going to give leadership to the group by responding in some way that you help it to move. You can open the gate for others to come in. Leadership is the willingness and capacity to respond to what is needed in a situation. And many of us have that opportunity to give leadership. You may be in a group of twenty people, and you know something needs to be done. You may not be the leader, but you are going to give leadership to the group by responding in some way that you help it to move. You can open the gate for others to come in. Leadership is the willingness and capacity to respond to what is needed in a situation. And many of us have that opportunity to give leadership. You may be in a group of twenty people, and you know something needs to be done. You may not be the leader, but you are going to give leadership to the group by responding in some way that you help it to move. You can open the gate for others to come in. Leadership is the willingness and the capacity to respond to what is needed in a situation

True Leaders in my observation Have integrity, are confident and passionate Care enough to make a difference Are able to deal with failure Take risks Have trust in others Can make change happen Take care of the weakest person in the system Are ladder builders, they are not ladder climbers

What does success look like for me? Being able to serve the organization you care for in all different ways My almamater recognizes your work My student becomes president of a large university My work is recognized at the highest level, and I am invited to Oval office I am content, at peace, sleep well at night I am fortunate to have someone to share good and bad of life with

Power of the mind As you think, so you are; as you continue to think, so you remain.” (As You Think. Marc Allen, 1991. P45,The Classic Wisdom Collection

Audrey Hepburn’s beauty tips For attractive lips, speak words of kindness For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone

Read, travel, keep learning • Books: • Harem from within (Fatima Mernissi) • When bad things happen to good people (Harold Kushner) • As You Think. (Marc Allen) • Conversations with God: an uncommon dialogue. Book 1. (Neal Donald Walsh) • Three feet from gold: (Sharon Lechter) • Radio –NPR: Speaking of Faith, This American Life • Authors: • Karen Armstrong • Parker Palmer

Leadership Team at Iowa State

A Historic Moment

My Background You in the new millennium Developing a philosophy of your own How to plan to be successful Past, present and future Living in a global environment

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Tahira K. Hira, Professor Executive Assistant to the President tkhira@iastate