Auditor Pickering Discusses Leadership Qualities with Lott Leadership Participants

June 17, 2008

JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering spoke to rising 9th grade students from across the state participating in the Lott Leadership Institute about the important of leadership on Tuesday, June 17 during their visit to the state Capitol.

“Leadership can be summed up to two important things: dream big dreams and it’s all about other people,” said State Auditor Stacey Pickering. He encouraged the participants to identify their dreams early in life and find a mentor to help them make their dreams come true. Pickering emphasized the importance of other people in developing leadership skills. “If you are a leader, other people must always be your priority. Otherwise you are not leading but keeping others down.”

The Lott Leadership Institute for Rising Ninth Graders is organized under the Lott Leadership Institute. The main goal of the institute is to develop leadership skills in young people. This program cultivates and inspires honest, compassionate, and responsive leaders who will focus on responsibility. A key foundation is the belief that the essence of leadership is stewardship.

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