Lessons from Leaders: Featured Guest Kobe Smith LLB - Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPFWHR)

What is something you learned, perhaps as a child or adolescent, that you have since had to unlearn as you grew into an adult? 

I recently read an article about just a few of the many things adults have to unlearn, and as leaders, these were the top three:

1. People’s expectations of you are your responsibility. 
2. Your value in an organization is based solely on the income you can bring in. 
3. You must work as much as possible to show your commitment, loyalty, and worth. 

I share these because, on today’s special episode, I sit down with our youngest leader yet who is deep in the unlearning. Kobe Smith LLB, Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPFWHR) walks me through the importance of recognizing things in life that may have been taught wrong, like those listed above, namely, feeling responsible for others expectations. 

“As leaders, we may not always stand in our truth. We think about what the others in the room think about the decisions that we make. I want to be a leader that stands in my truth.”

Thank you Kobe, for taking the time to share your insights and fresh perspective. I look forward to your bright journey ahead! 

00:00 - 08:30 | Meet Kobe Smith & His Organization

08:30 - 15:00 | Loss Leads to Motivation

15:00 - 20:00 | Leadership & Disagreements

20:00 - 25:00 | Leave the Yes (wo)man behind 

25:00 - 30:00 | Standing in Truth 

30:00 - 32:00 | Allyship

32:00 | Closing