Established 1936 – John A. Collins, President

EMBASSY SUITES BY HILTON, GRAND RAPIDS DOWNTOWN

Big E's Sports Grille

710 Monroe Avenue NW, Grand Rapids

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2023   –  7:15 a.m.

Captain in the United States Coast Guard and a professor of chemistry? Both of these are indicators of leadership. A further marker is to be the fourth president of Grand Valley State University and have their Performing Arts Center named for you, as this local institution of higher education continued its expansion in Allendale and downtown Grand Rapids.

President Emeritus Thomas J Haas will share some of his thoughts on leadership with Breakfast Club in our first official meeting at our new home, Big E's Sports Grille inside of the Embassy Suites by Hilton, Grand Rapids Downtown at 710 North Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids. 

Invocator: Eric Nelson
Introducer: Dr. Paul Farr

Leadership

1. I  was in a job interview. The hiring manager asked me to show him an example of leadership skills. "OK," I replied. "I'm hired."

2. “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” 
   ~ Theodore Roosevelt

3. “You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.” 
   ~ Dwight Eisenhower

4. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.”
   ~ Lao-Tzu