Youth leadership is a fairly common phrase. But if you asked most people to describe youth leadership, I think they’d come up a little short. They would focus on how it helps the “smartest” kids with the “highest potential” build a Continue Reading …
For the first time, Siegfried Youth Leadership Program® (SYLP), a collaborative effort between The Siegfried Group, LLP (Siegfried), the University of Delaware’s Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (CEEE), and Junior Achievement of Delaware, offered a virtual version of its Continue Reading …
Making your dreams a reality requires courage and a willingness to entirely commit yourself to those dreams. “Fully commit to what you want, no matter what it is,” explained E.J. Carrion, best-selling author, successful entrepreneur, and thought-leader on student success. Continue Reading …
Life doesn’t get easier because we want it to. “That’s why we have to rise to the demands that life presents to us,” said John Beede, an Everest climber, global adventurer, entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian. “At any moment, you can choose Continue Reading …
Leadership is an extremely personal journey, both personally and professionally. For Jessie Funk, a motivational speaker, author, and professional singer, individual leadership and personal growth mean setting boundaries to form healthy relationships. Funk, the most recent guest speaker at a Siegfried Continue Reading …
It’s not easy to get over 300 high school students excited to stand up to sing and dance on a Wednesday morning, but that is exactly what happened when speaker Jessie Funk took the stage at the Siegfried Youth Leadership Program (SYLP) on February 27. Continue Reading …
Leadership comes in many styles and types. For Shane Feldman, a young entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Count Me In, leadership is about two concepts: listening and then making choices that make an impact. Feldman was the most recent Continue Reading …
Robert Siegfried built his business from a small company to a nationally renowned firm. Through this journey, and his time as an economics and accounting double major at the University of Delaware, he learned firsthand the qualities needed to produce an effective leader. With this wealth of knowledge at his disposal, Siegfried knew he wanted to impact his local community and help local teenage students develop their leadership skills early. Continue Reading …
Society has a checklist of things we’re expected to do — graduate high school, go to college, find a job, get married, etc. And many of us feel the need to check off the boxes on that list before we Continue Reading …
University of Delaware alumnus Rob Siegfried has simple advice for young people interested in becoming leaders:
“Leadership isn’t really about leading other people. It’s about leading yourself.” Continue Reading …
