1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:07,140 \h Announcer: Please welcome Kevin Litt, field director for the Boy Scouts of America. 2 00:00:07,140 --> 00:00:15,270 \h Kevin Litt: How is everyone doing? Pretty good. All right, very good. I'm here from the boy scouts. 3 00:00:15,270 --> 00:00:20,300 \h You probably think that I'm probably best qualified to teach you guys how to tie a square knot, how to start 4 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:27,290 \h a fire by rubbing two sticks together, or the absolute proper technique for helping an old lady cross the street. 5 00:00:27,290 --> 00:00:33,840 \h She's laughing. These are all things I'm highly qualified to teach you but that's not what I'm talking about today. 6 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:39,110 \h Today what Iwant to talk to you guys about is the greatest leadership secret, a great leadership secret and 7 00:00:39,110 --> 00:00:43,810 \h I want to share it with you but instead just telling you what it is because that would be way too simple 8 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:49,490 \h I'll give you six hints, you see if you can figure it out when we get to the end, okay? 9 00:00:49,490 --> 00:00:55,590 \h The first hints to this greatest leadership secret is that it's a palindrome is sort of, a palindrome is a 10 00:00:55,590 --> 00:00:59,570 \h word or phrase written forwards the same way backwards. 11 00:00:59,570 --> 00:01:18,860 \h Take a look at a couple, madam, race car, senile felines or my favorite a Santa dog lives at a devil's guide at NASA. 12 00:01:18,860 --> 00:01:23,910 \h The greatest secret say palindrome sort of. 13 00:01:23,910 --> 00:01:30,220 \h Hint number two, you have to lead from the inside out so you see this jar here it's full of rocks. 14 00:01:30,220 --> 00:01:33,010 \h Would you consider it full? 15 00:01:33,010 --> 00:01:38,600 \h What if I were to pour sand into the jar and fill the space in between the rocks, would it be full? 16 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:47,280 \h What if I were to pour into the sand in the jar until it flowed over the top, then would it be full? 17 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,450 \h What is the point of this whole little demonstration up here? 18 00:01:50,450 --> 00:01:55,500 \h It's that if you don't put the big rocks in first into that jar, you're never going to fit them. 19 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:58,020 \h They're never going to happen. It's never going to get in there. 20 00:01:58,020 --> 00:02:05,270 \h What are the big rocks in your life, food, security, good health, time with your loved ones, faith, your education? 21 00:02:05,270 --> 00:02:08,720 \h You got to lead from the inside out, you got to lead yourself first. 22 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:14,550 \h There will still be space left in your life after you put your big rocks in to lead and serve others, but 23 00:02:14,550 --> 00:02:21,410 \h you'll be better leading others because you first led yourself so lead from the inside out. 24 00:02:21,410 --> 00:02:26,760 \h Our third hint, that great leaders are great teachers. 25 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,660 \h Great leaders develop their people, the developed leaders who can lead themselves. 26 00:02:31,660 --> 00:02:36,210 \h The ultimate test for a leader is not whether they can make a good decision, but whether they can teach 27 00:02:36,210 --> 00:02:43,130 \h others to be leaders, whether they can build an organization that can run even when they're not there. 28 00:02:43,130 --> 00:02:47,100 \h Great leaders help others to think, to judge, and to act. 29 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:52,200 \h If you're not teaching as a leader, you're not doing your full job. 30 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:56,210 \h Another couple things about being a great leader, great leaders are lifelong learners, 31 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:59,640 \h always pulling information, they have a passion for learning. 32 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:05,280 \h They also assess, analyze everything they do and always trying new things. 33 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:10,560 \h In the business world, you might know these terms as continuous quality improvement or total quality management. 34 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,670 \h You guys heard that before, right? Doesn't matter what you call it. 35 00:03:14,670 --> 00:03:19,070 \h What you need to know is that with continuous and careful analysis, everything we do can be improved, 36 00:03:19,070 --> 00:03:24,630 \h everything we work on, and as an individual or as a team, we can do things better. 37 00:03:24,630 --> 00:03:33,010 \h Great leaders are great teachers. Hint number four, build hard connections. 38 00:03:33,010 --> 00:03:38,120 \h What I want to focus on here is communication, about caring for and about other people. 39 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,440 \h You have to respect and value people, great leaders always do. 40 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,850 \h Even those whom you disagree with or think are different. 41 00:03:44,850 --> 00:03:52,290 \h Hard connections about genuine care and respect, respect only has value when it's given freely and genuinely. 42 00:03:52,290 --> 00:03:54,830 \h People can see through counterfeit respect and caring. 43 00:03:54,830 --> 00:04:02,280 \h You probably see it all the time at work. Think about how a parent deals with a child as they grow, as they learn. 44 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,860 \h At some point as a parent we. Have to let our children go. 45 00:04:04,860 --> 00:04:10,220 \h We have to get out of their way and let them succeed on their own and it's the same with leadership. 46 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:14,810 \h Nurture, encourage and care for others and develop a genuine respect for them. 47 00:04:14,810 --> 00:04:23,220 \h Build those hard connections. All right, hint number five, it's in every one of us, 48 00:04:23,220 --> 00:04:26,650 \h got to take charge of your own life, the first step towards being able to lead others 49 00:04:26,650 --> 00:04:30,390 \h is to be able to lead yourself, and take responsibility. 50 00:04:30,390 --> 00:04:34,920 \h Accept the responsibility for your own growth and progress and turn that responsibility outward, 51 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:44,900 \h empower the others that you work with, so that way they can -- yes. 52 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:49,730 \h Allow people to realize and utilize their own abilities, help them develop a self confidence. 53 00:04:49,730 --> 00:04:53,170 \h The great thing about leadership is all people have an untapped leadership ability. 54 00:04:53,170 --> 00:04:59,550 \h It's just like athletic ability. Most of us probably can't run a marathon today but if we trained we could do it. 55 00:04:59,550 --> 00:05:03,550 \h Leadership is the same way. Coaching and practice brings out that ability, 56 00:05:03,550 --> 00:05:12,990 \h helps other people find it and effective leaders empower themselves and bring out the best in everyone. 57 00:05:12,990 --> 00:05:18,020 \h And I have one last hint for the greatest leadership secret, it helps you leave a legacy. 58 00:05:18,020 --> 00:05:21,870 \h Leadership can be studied and practiced. We can all get better at it. 59 00:05:21,870 --> 00:05:26,430 \h We can all win at this game of life and leave a legacy that brings us satisfaction and pride. 60 00:05:26,430 --> 00:05:30,620 \h What will your legacy be? What impact will you have on others? 61 00:05:30,620 --> 00:05:34,240 \h How will you bring your leadership to the programs out here at NASA? 62 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,710 \h So what is this greatest leadership secret? 63 00:05:37,710 --> 00:05:43,180 \h Let's review real quick. First of all we know that it's a palindrome, 64 00:05:43,180 --> 00:05:48,950 \h and we know that it contains the five attributes of a leader, lead from the inside out, great leaders are 65 00:05:48,950 --> 00:05:54,430 \h great teachers, build hard connections, it's in every one of us and leave a legacy. 66 00:05:54,430 --> 00:05:58,480 \h The greatest leadership secret is infused throughout the human history 67 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,420 \h though its message may be worded in several different ways. 68 00:06:01,420 --> 00:06:09,260 \h Lord Baden Powell the founder of the scouting movement said the real way to happiness is by figuring out happiness. 69 00:06:09,260 --> 00:06:15,010 \h Confucius, the ancient Chinese teacher said what you do not want done to yourself do not do to others and 70 00:06:15,010 --> 00:06:20,440 \h Socrates said do not do unto others that which would anger if they did it to you. 71 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:27,370 \h The leadership secret is the golden rule, do unto others as you would have done unto you. 72 00:06:27,370 --> 00:06:33,680 \h It is what great leadership is all about, tell us what we need to know about leadership, as a leader and 73 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:38,730 \h human being we can all strive to meet the challenge called life and in doing so we will 74 00:06:38,730 --> 00:06:42,780 \h find ourselves enriched with the knowledge that we are doing our best. 75 00:06:42,780 --> 00:06:47,600 \h I want to leave you with one last thought and it comes from a man named frank crane and he wrote, 76 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:53,020 \h the golden rule is of no use to you whatsoever unless you realize it's your move. 77 00:06:53,020 --> 00:07:00,080 \h All of you have the knowledge to be great leaders and you will have opportunities every day to change people's lives. 78 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,640 \h Each of you can leave a legacy, but none of that happens unless you take action.