Guest post by Stacy Armijo, Senior Vice President for Pierpont Communications and General Manager of the firm’s Austin & San Antonio offices. Spin doctor… slickster… flack… These things and worse have all been said about professionals in my industry. Long ago, I stopped defending myself…
Nobody’s perfect. We’re all human. We all make mistakes. These words from our mothers and fathers, teachers and clergy resound in our memory. Things happen. What happens next is the true measure of leadership. How long does it take to identify and correct a mistake?…
We hope you will join us for a special Meet the Leader session with Dewitt (De) Peart, the new President and CEO of Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA). The Meet the Leader series provides an intimate gathering to give other community leaders like yourself the opportunity to meet…
Our Engage Breakfast series will close this season by exploring how our community engaged in the many leadership changes that have occurred over the past year. Dr. Regina Lawrence, Director of The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at The University of Texas at Austin,…
Leadership Austin recently bid farewell to longtime employee Jeff Olmeda, but we couldn’t let him leave without gleaning a last bit of wisdom from the staffer whose coworkers say he brought exceptional judgment and commonsense to the organization. We also wanted to know more about…
Ed Kargbo is both a born and bred leader. Affable and intelligent, thoughtful and driven, Kargbo gives the immediate impression that he is exceedingly comfortable in his own skin. He exudes confidence without arrogance. So it comes as no surprise that he is also quick…
On the morning after our city’s monumental election, Leadership Austin gathered experts to survey the new landscape and hear their immediate reactions to the election results. Panelists included Deirdre Delisi, Partner, Delisi Communications; Mike Kanin, Publisher, Austin Monitor; and Randi Shade, civic leader and former…
KLRU, Leadership Austin, The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, and KUT 90.5, Austin’s NPR Station invite you to Civic Summit: Candidate Runoff Conversations. Join us in Studio 6A for 3 nights of conversations with runoff candidates, and newly elected council members, for Austin’s 10 City Council districts and…