Leadership Tips on Respect for the Financial Industry from Colonel Jill Morgenthaler
Channel: Jill Morgenthaler
Date: 20/09/2017

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Colonel Jill Morgenthaler shares leadership tips with the Financial Industry about the importance of respect in both directions. Full-heartedly believing "Speakers are grown, not born," Colonel Jill is dedicated to 'growing' excellent leaders as a professional, motivational, leadership and empowerment speaker.
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TRANSCRIPT
Hooah!  Financial Experts.  I’m Colonel Jill.

You face demanding challenges in the financial world.  
- You need to weigh algorithms vs. people.  
- You have to handle complicated government regulations. 
- The cyberthreat will not go away. 

To face these challenges, you need strong leadership. You need to be a strong leader. With strong leadership at all levels in your organization, your organization will survive and thrive. 

Today, we will focus on respect. 
• People will not follow you unless they respect you. 
• They will not respect you unless you respect them.
• Mutual respect is a necessary for Teambuilding.  
 
Before I reported to my first military assignment as a young Army officer, my father, a Marine colonel, told me to learn from my sergeants.

I headed to South Korea, a brand-new lieutenant, as green as my uniform. 

One day, my commander informed me that he was sending me up to the DMZ (the demilitarized zone) to command a unit. It looked like we were going to war, and he needed an officer there. 

I arrived at Camp Casey - scared. The only leading I had done was in the sixth-grade, as captain of the safety patrol, and then, at boot camp which was just training.

I walked into the company headquarters. I sat behind the big desk, and I looked at the team. They were all combat Vietnam veterans, five to ten years older than me. They stared in shock at this 23-year-old
woman.

I was so nervous. I took a deep breath and then I remembered my dad's advice. I said to them, “I don't know anything about leading. Please teach me.”

They relaxed. I knew it was going to be OK.

I had shown them that I respected their years of service, their experience and their expertise. By showing them respect, I started to earn their respect.

The leadership tactic I want you to try today is to reach out to someone on your team and acknowledge the talent he or she brings to the organization. 

Demonstrate your respect. Tell someone how important they are to your organization. 

Remember show respect before you expect respect.  

Hooah?  Hooah!   

If you would like to learn more, hire me for your next event or visit my website Colonel Jill.com/Hire-Jill.

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ABOUT COLONEL JILL MORGENTHALER
A little bit about me. I am Colonel Jill Morgenthaler. I served in the US Army for 30 years. In Europe, I commanded soldiers, sailors, Marines and Airmen from 17 nations.  In the United States, I commanded 300 soldiers across six states. In Illinois, I led Homeland Security.  

Today, I am a professional and motivational speaker on leadership and empowerment. I know leaders aren’t born but are grown.  I am dedicating my life to growing excellent leaders.

Please consider me for you next event.  

For more information, visit www.coloneljill.com.  

See you again soon on YouTube.  Hooah!