How Identity Has Influenced a Co-Founder and CEO at Improve Your Tomorrow
Identifying as a follower of Christ has deeply impacted the CEO's career, making them lead with values rooted in service, love, kindness, inclusiveness, and equity, focusing on how their life can "impact and improve somebody else's" regardless of background. This perspective shifts the focus away from personal gain and towards uplifting others, guiding their actions and decisions in their work.
Values-Based Leadership, Service, Inclusiveness, Equity, Impact
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Michael Lynch
Co-Founder and CEO
Improve Your Tomorrow
Cal Poly Humboldt
Sacramento State - Masters of Public Policy and Administration
Business Management & Admin
Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking
Business Strategy
Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Student Athlete, First Generation College Student
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1. Leading with values rooted in service, love, kindness, inclusiveness, and equity.
2. Focusing on how one's life can impact and improve the lives of others, regardless of background or beliefs.
3. Prioritizing the upliftment of others as a core principle in career decisions.
Transcript
As someone who identifies as a follower of Christ, how has that impacted how you've navigated your career?
Well, it has made me lead with my values. Values are about service, love, kindness, inclusiveness, and equity.
That is deeply rooted in the work that I do now. It's not about self or what I want to do.
It's about how my life can impact and improve somebody else's, regardless of what they believe or how they look. It simply matters how my life can be used to uplift others. For me, that is leading by my values.
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