Personal Guiding Principles 

Integrity is a quality that any good leader will embody, not just on stage, or in group settings, but off stage  and  in particular in brother to brother connections. Ultimately integrity is about being honest even and especially when its not necessarily favorable to your own interests or position.  

When helping develop the Racial Bias training for my former company pictured above, I had to demonstrate courage, tact, and integrity in order to help create honest, and at times uncomfortable learning content, for an audience that did not share the Black Lived experience in the United States. While it would have been easier to capitulate to the "majority" doing this work, it was relying on my core tenant integrity, that allowed me to speak truth to power. 

The ability to be a servant leader is important.  For me, it means that even though I may have the responsibility of leading others, I approach that role with the idea to serve others first.  In my professional life I have had the pleasure of leading and developing others for 20+ years.  As an officer of the fraternity, I truly believe that we are not only responsible for honoring the oath we take upon installation, and modeling brotherly behavior, but also we are responsible to not lose sight of serving at the pleasure of the brothers. After all, it is the brothers that allow us to lead. Since I've been in the Bond, Our 30th Grand Polemarch brought forward the idea of servant leadership and it is deeply rooted in my leadership philosophy and behavior.