Lead the Pack Podcast's mission is to help teens take their leadership skills to the next level, regardless their current experience with leadership. Leadership is an important skill in all aspects of life, whether it be in your homes, schools, teams, workplaces, or communities, which is why we can all benefit from improving our leadership capabilities. Here at Lead the Pack Podcast, we believe hearing from peer leaders enables teens to take the information they learn in this short podcast, and aply it to their own lives. Teens don't just have to be the leaders of the future, we can be leaders right now, so let's get started!

In our first podcast, we hear from Dr. Patrick Leddin, a Vanderbilt Professor and a well established leader. We will hear more of Dr. Leddin's story in the podcast. Dr. Leddin gives us much to think about, including four key points he has seen from excellent leaders: delivering results, going about getting those results in a colaborative way, holding the mindset of a leader, and exhibiting the character of a leader. He then gives us insight into how to develope this leadership character, stressing the selflessness that leadership entails. Finally, he wraps up by providing some ways we as teens can become more effective leaders in our everyday lives, giving us a lot to think about and many ways to grow.

Lucy Westlake