Governing Board

January 22, 2008

Leadership is everyone’s responsibility.

“Listen with your eyes and your heart. Leadership is about behavior first, skills second. Good leaders are followed chiefly because people trust and respect them, rather than the skills they possess. Learning to understand and see things from other’s perspective is absolutely crucial to building trusting relations and to career success.” (Kouzes & Posner, 2003)

We here at the Maricopa Community Colleges have experienced some difficult and challenging times during the past few years. Still, we continue to move forward our vision and mission as entrusted to us by the voters of Maricopa County and the local, state, and federal taxpayers.

We continue to learn and grow as we are able to understand, as we experience things from the perspective of others.

As we move forward in the year 2008, I would encourage all of us not to forget the vision, mission, and values that our organization has adopted and that we embrace these as we attempt to meet our goals and objectives.

Thank you.