Angela Summers is a Recreation Services Manager with the City of Henderson in Nevada. And during her 20+ year career, she has worked for recreation facilities in California, Hawaii, Japan, and Nevada. She is a nationally recognized motivational speaker and has presented at various conferences across the country for the past 10 years. Her areas of focus include promoting positive leadership, strengthening workplace culture and relationships, and inspiring today’s “new age” workforce. Angela supervises over 250 employees, many of whom are of the millennial generation.
“As leaders we have the ability to help motivate others to achieve their dreams.” - Angela Summers
She and her husband Isaac have 5 beautiful children and she enjoys sharing openly and honestly about the trials and tribulations of motherhood and being a strong female leader. Angela believes that the key to building strong relationships is “working for it”, which is something she strives to do each and every day.
Being exceptional at something requires dedication, commitment, passion and HARD WORK!
And as you will see here through Angela’s interview her secret sauce to leadership is to lead through a positive vision, empowering and nurturing her team leader, and treating every employee as an actual person.
“I am apart of that 1% because I am the 1% voice who will tell you, you can achieve it!” - Angela Summers
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Key Episode Takeaways:
Having a growth mindset is imperative to an organization wanting to make a difference
Passion is deep rooted
With passion comes fire
How leaders make an impact
How leaders can become even greater
Being a servant leader and building up others around you
Treating people like people not just an ‘employee’
Being vulnerable is the real power of connecting with people
The language you speak isn’t the language other people speak
How to re-adjust when you’re having a disagreement and what to focus on instead
How she balances being a lady boss and full time mom & wife
Concept of “dating your staff”
Be a voice to those who need encouragement
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