{"id":547,"date":"2016-03-31T16:56:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T16:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/?p=547"},"modified":"2016-07-09T23:38:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T23:38:43","slug":"wendy-kopp-on-how-to-become-the-leader-your-organization-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/wendy-kopp-on-how-to-become-the-leader-your-organization-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Kopp on How to Become the Leader Your Organization Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t <span style=\"background-color: initial;\">In <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Startup-Leadership-Entrepreneurs-Successful-Enterprises\/dp\/1118697057\/\" target=\"_blank\">Startup Leadership<\/a><span style=\"background-color: initial;\">, I interviewed Wendy Kopp about her experiences founding and growing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachforamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Teach for America<\/a><span style=\"background-color: initial;\"> (TFA), a non-profit which trains and places the nation\u2019s brightest college graduates in public school teaching positions in underprivileged communities to help expand students\u2019 opportunities.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t <span style=\"background-color: initial;\">Wendy developed the idea for TFA as part of her senior thesis at Princeton University and started the organization shortly after graduation. As a recent college graduate with little management experience, she was forced to develop entrepreneurial leadership skills on the fly as the organization grew.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"background-color: initial;\">I recently had the opportunity to interview Wendy again. She discussed how she acquired the leadership skills she needed to grow TFA, and the importance of leadership in driving change in the communities served by TFA.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWendy says, \u201cAlways, without any exceptions, leadership is at the core of the solution[\u2026] And yet we spend so little time thinking \u2018how are we going to develop the leadership to really take this to scale?\u2019\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t   Today TFA, after 25 years of rapid growth is a network of more than 50,000 remarkable, diverse leaders. Additionally Wendy founded Teach For All, a global network of educational reform entrepreneurs operating in 39 countries with a mission of expanding educational opportunities for all students, even the most disadvantaged.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t   Watch the interview below.\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jh58b4Qc4JE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n\t <strong>Create a compelling personal leadership strategy <\/strong>using the very same questions and evaluations I use when working with entrepreneurs. <span style=\"background-color: initial;\">Each strategy is unique to the individual entrepreneur. This assessment will help you explore your own motivations and traits so you can leverage your strengths and mitigate your weaknesses. This is also a great way to develop a stronger bond with your mentors and others you want to help. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/resources\" target=\"\">Download the Personal Leadership Strategy worksheet here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Startup Leadership, I interviewed Wendy Kopp about her experiences founding and growing Teach for America (TFA), a non-profit which trains and places the nation\u2019s brightest college graduates in public school teaching positions in underprivileged communities to help expand students\u2019 opportunities. Wendy developed the idea for TFA as part of her senior thesis at Princeton&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10,9,8],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}