Established 1936 – John A. Collins, President

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Big E's Sports Grille

710 Monroe Avenue NW, Grand Rapids

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024 – 7:15 AM

Name something -- a family, an idea, an organization, a company, a movement, a country -- that can succeed without engagement. It is very unlikely that you can. Engagement brings interest, willingness to perform duties and do one's part, and the ability to do more than one would normally do to ensure the thing with which they are engaged succeeds. Add to that the autonomy granted by empowerment -- the trust to do what one can and must do to ensure the success of a thing. Together, engagement and empowerment are a powerful combination. They feed on one another and create synergy within groups and teams and make it possible for them to accomplish great things.

In theory, this sounds fantastic. In practice, however, it takes leaders that possess a combination of knowledge, skill, charisma, courage, influence, and hopefully, a conscience, to wield effectively the ability to engage and empower people to accomplish anything -- especially great things.

Can any leader engage and empower others? We will have an expert answer this question (and others you may have). He is Robert Heath, CEO of Legacy Leadership and Consulting. He will present to us on Engagement, Empowerment, and the Bottom Line.

Invocation: Eric Nelson
Introduction: Jeff Kissinger

Engagement and Empowerment

1. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has." – Margaret Mead

2. "[Teamwork] is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results." – Andrew Carnegie

3. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." – Aristotle