I speak with Grace Wright, board president of the Euclid Hunger Center and  community resource manager at University Settlement, a social service agency serving the Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.  She has worked in hunger relief services for the last 12 years, managing hunger centers in the Greater Cleveland area. She has an undergraduate degree in social work and nonprofit management and in August of 2022 she completed the John Carroll University MBA program. In her free time, she is an avid music lover and enjoys spending time with friends and family. 

This episode is Part II of the John Carroll University series, so if you missed Part I, where I talk with Dr. Scott Allen about teaching leadership and followership, please do go back and listen! Grace shares her experience in the John Carroll program and how her understanding of followership is influencing how she leads. 

“I think we get so caught up in thinking about leadership that we forget how critical [followership] is, and how much influence we actually have within a team.”

“I think it’s really easy to make assumptions about someone’s style of about what their intentions are, and I think we have to be really in tune with the little hints that everyone gives us to be able to draw a more solid conclusion about where anyone it at.”

“Every interaction is an opportunity to just learn a little bit more, gain a little bit more understanding, and then utilize that in ways that help you to be a better follower or lead in a way that is going to be more effective.”

“We are constantly learning, and we have to be willing to evolve with our teams and not stay in that same place and think that the same thing is going to work for everyone.”

University Settlement
www.universitysettlement.net

Euclid Hunger Center
www.euclidhungercenter.com

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