Hey, there! My name is Megan Jakusz and I am a Sodexo Distance Dietetic Intern. I have intermittently been completing some of my concentration hours in leadership. I have shadowed a Sodexo District Manager, a Regional Corporate Dietitian, and soon I will be shadowing a Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager. Sodexo has many great resources and always has career growth in nutrition.
I am extremely passionate about leadership and where it can take organizations. I recently attended the Global Leadership Summit, where I heard some of the most profound leadership experts speak about topics such as having difficult conversations, women and men working better together, and diversity and inclusion. Some of the professionals who spoke at the summit were Angela Ahrendts: VP of Apple Retail, Carla Harris: Senior Client Advisor for Morgan Stanley, Danny Myer: CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, and many more. The summit was streamed to countries around the world where great leadership is needed most.
This was my first time attending the summit and I am excited to attend next year. Below are some of the takeaways from my favorite speaker John C. Maxwell at the Summit. Maxwell says, “All leaders see more than others and before others see.” He discusses the importance of anticipatory leadership with five main points:
1. Know that there is more out there when problem solving. The first solution may not always be the correct one. Businesses are separating themselves by creativity and flexibility in problem solving.
2. Develop a process for “finding the more before” by using test, fail, learn, improve and re-enter. This is the process where we can learn from our failures.
3. Put yourself in places with people who will help you see the more, more.
4. Intentionally grow every day.
5. Always have a vision gap to require you to need more. This was one of the points that truly touched my leadership journey. Maxwell said that you should have such big dreams that others will doubt that you can do it, otherwise the dream is not big enough.
Great leaders are in every career field and are needed every day in the dietetics profession. Overall, this was an extraordinary experience, and I believe that everyone can benefit from the Global Leadership Summit, especially those in a leadership position. With this, I leave you with this quote from Simon Sinek: “Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.”
I am extremely passionate about leadership and where it can take organizations. I recently attended the Global Leadership Summit, where I heard some of the most profound leadership experts speak about topics such as having difficult conversations, women and men working better together, and diversity and inclusion. Some of the professionals who spoke at the summit were Angela Ahrendts: VP of Apple Retail, Carla Harris: Senior Client Advisor for Morgan Stanley, Danny Myer: CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, and many more. The summit was streamed to countries around the world where great leadership is needed most.
This was my first time attending the summit and I am excited to attend next year. Below are some of the takeaways from my favorite speaker John C. Maxwell at the Summit. Maxwell says, “All leaders see more than others and before others see.” He discusses the importance of anticipatory leadership with five main points:
1. Know that there is more out there when problem solving. The first solution may not always be the correct one. Businesses are separating themselves by creativity and flexibility in problem solving.
2. Develop a process for “finding the more before” by using test, fail, learn, improve and re-enter. This is the process where we can learn from our failures.
3. Put yourself in places with people who will help you see the more, more.
4. Intentionally grow every day.
5. Always have a vision gap to require you to need more. This was one of the points that truly touched my leadership journey. Maxwell said that you should have such big dreams that others will doubt that you can do it, otherwise the dream is not big enough.
Great leaders are in every career field and are needed every day in the dietetics profession. Overall, this was an extraordinary experience, and I believe that everyone can benefit from the Global Leadership Summit, especially those in a leadership position. With this, I leave you with this quote from Simon Sinek: “Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.”
