• Think through questions about leadership and public service.  Use these Discussion Questions to write about your own opinions about leadership in public service.  Develop several questions of your own about leaders and leadership qualities in public service.
• Evaluate the experiences of leaders in the public service.  Use the questions from activity I. to think cricitally about the experiences of the leaders profiled below.  Watch the video clips below and write down answers to the questions.   
• Develop your own list of the qualities of leadership. Read quotations about leadership from well-known public servants and generate a list of leadership qualities you value.
  
  

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Noel Irwin Hentschel, AmericanTours International, CEO   [ Watch Clip  ] Noel Irwin Hentschel first became interested in the travel industry when after high school she traveled to Europe and visited 45 cities in 45 days.  After saving $5,000 she and her business partner started a company, AmericanTours International which ran out of Los Angeles International Airport.

John Bryant, Operation Hope, Founder & CEO  [ Watch Clip ] John Bryant grew up in inner-city Los Angeles where his mother taught him the value of hard work. John Bryant founded Operation Hope as a way to provide economic empowerment and self-sufficiency to communities across the country.

Judge Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals    [ Watch Clip ] Judge Alex Kozinski was in college before he decided that he wanted to enter law school and one day become a judge.  He tells students to take the time in college to try different subjects to decide what it is that they love.  "It's hard to be good at something you don't love."  He got involved in politics after law school when he worked for Ronald Reagan's campaign for the presidency in 1980.

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