[Maritime Q-Scout]

I've been to several PD conferences with speakers and workshops on leadership.

I've always tried to take away 3 things. Sometimes successfully, sometimes not.

That's not 3 things per speaker, or per session, that's 3 things from the week.

The best sessions are always the breakout sessions where you talk about your company issues with peers, and get their feedback.


To circle back (to use the annoying corporate jargon) it doesn't matter if you're upper or middle management or entry level brand new employee. Leadership is the quality of the person who helps others. Managers aren't necessarily leaders, and leaders aren't necessarily managers.

People often think manager = leader, but that isn't always and unfortunately often isn't the case.