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Each Province was saluted with its own flag with the province seal during the leadership retreat. Above, the Eastern Province is featured.
dinner spread in a private community center where a member of Hartford Alumni is the CEO. He graciously of- fered us exclusive use of his facility for our fellowship outing and bonding time. We even managed to celebrate Grand Polemarch Shelton’s birthday during that event with a cake. Q: You were the architect of Kappa Alpha Psi’s 5-Year Strategic Plan that was adopted by the Grand Board of Di- rectors this past year for the fraternity as the blueprint to lead us through 2025. You laid out five strategies pertaining to Leadership Development for our frater- nity. Can you summarize what we need to accomplish in this space? McMikle : First of all, let me encour- age every member of our fraternity to familiarize themselves with Kappa Alpha Psi’s entire strategic plan. It’s a reflec- tion of an exhaustive evaluative process to offer a comprehensive strategy for the future direction of the fraternity. In summary, we all know that “Train- ing for leadership” is the motto of Kappa Alpha Psi. Now it’s time to develop, enhance and expand the opportunities at our disposal to train for leadership for the personal growth, professional de-
velopment and the life readiness of our membership. That includes leveraging technology through virtual learning plat- forms to deliver training more efficiently and effectively to both internal and external audiences. We will increase the quality of our existing CRWLC to offer transformational leadership op- portunities to an in-person audience of our chapter leaders each fall. I will be personally engaged with developing an executive leadership training cur- riculum for our leadership on all levels of the fraternity as well as developing emerging leadership training curricu- lums for those members who would like to ultimately transition into leadership positions. It’s vital that we start placing an emphasis on pipeline development to produce future generations of compe- tent and qualified leadership.
ing solutions. Those three words are: Educate, Inspire, & Empower! My company helps individuals, businesses and organizations unleash their unlim- ited power and potential to thrive in sustained fashion. I literally travel the country to teach, speak and train on the topic of leadership.
Q: When is the next retreat?
McMikle: There will be two. First, I’m working with the National Director of Organizational Effectiveness, Brother Kevin Kyles, to plan and facilitate an in- person retreat for the strategic planning implementation team. The next execu- tive planning retreat will be scheduled during the upcoming winter season where we’ll seek to further grow the leadership capacity of our leaders. Stay tuned for the specific dates. Q: Thanks for taking the time to chat. Hopefully we can circle back after the next executive retreat or when you have more to report on the advances in the Training for Leadership focus area of the strategic plan.
Q: Why are you so passionate about leadership?
McMikle: Leadership is my life. I own a leadership training and develop- ment consulting firm. There are “three” simple, yet powerful words, that define my personal and company mission and direct my passion to equip people for success through customized train-
McMikle: I’m always available!
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