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Building Blocks to Boardrooms: 3 Important Business Lessons from Working with America’s Youth
- The Urbana Youth Center is a program that provides evidence-based and creative programming to 700 student members to help lift them out of poverty.
- Three important business lessons can be learned from UYC including: trust and credibility are everything, empowering others is the ultimate reward and failing well is an art.
- Earning trust and establishing credibility is crucial to breaking through to students and building open, honest communication.
- In business, regardless of industry or age group, trust and credibility are necessary to effectively reach, manage and maintain relationships.
- Empowering others is the key to maintaining relationships, whether in youth programs or corporate business.
- The success of a leader is measured by the success of their team.
- Failing well – acknowledging one’s shortcomings, dusting oneself off, and moving forward with humility – is valuable in building resilience.
- Resilience is built on overcoming failures, shortcomings, and challenges and is necessary to grow and develop as an individual or business.
- The most unexpected people can bring about remarkable change and spark necessary conversations.
- Trust, credibility, empowerment, and problem-solving are all fundamental aspects of business success which can be learned from our interactions with young people.
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