Feedback and Trust.pdf This series will provide participants with an opportunity to reflect deeply on and expand their approaches to leadership. Participants (staff, Bonners, and AmeriCorps members) will read Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead as a guide to drive the discussion. Webinars will have engaging activities to identify their own primary values and character traits as leaders.

The ultimate playbook for developing brave coaches, leaders, and courageous cultures. Brené writes, ‘Courage is a collection of four skill sets supported by twenty-eight behaviors. All it requires is a commitment to doing bold work, having tough conversations and showing up with our whole hearts. Easy? No. Choosing courage over comfort is not easy. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and work. It’s why we’re here.’

“Dare To Lead” by Brené Brown - Book Review

Leadership is not about titles, status and power over people. Leaders are people who hold themselves accountable for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and developing that potential. This is a book for everyone who is ready to choose courage over comfort, make a difference and lead.

  “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.” - 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘯é 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 ⁣

When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it and work to align authority and accountability. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into the vulnerability that’s necessary to do good work.

Daring leadership in a culture that’s defined by scarcity, fear and uncertainty requires building courage skills, which are uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the same time we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines can’t do better and faster. What can we do better?

Program Description

Participants commit to reading the selected book and engaging in discussions during the scheduled webinars. Participants will receive questions and discussion topics to explore and reflect prior to each video meet-up, which will help guide discussions.

Bonner DTL Reading Assigments and Exercises.pdf

Eligibility and Requirements 

• Webinars will be limited in size.  Registrants (staff, students and AmeriCorps members) will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. 
• Participants must attend all scheduled meeting times. Please have respect for our Bonner Community and those who were not accepted into the series that would like to have the opportunity to participate.
• Participants are willing to interact and engage in the discussion and read the assigned sections prior to webinars.
• If interested, please email Kristi at kcordier@bonner.org. 

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” - Theodore Roosevelt