College graduates will provide the leadership for the 21st century. There is more written about leadership than perhaps any other topic in management. The list goes on. We know private colleges and universities produce leaders. At least from my point of view, the one essential element in leadership is the ability to focus.
Effective leaders respond immediately when asked for their particular vision.
So while you are here, walk around and talk with faculty, coaches and friends and ask them about their definition of leadership. Then focus on defining leadership for your life and your career. Leadership must have it roots in servant-hood. Some of you have walked into my office and noticed the calligraphy that is hanging on the wall. It is a print from a master priest, Hisashi Nitta, a 28th generation Buddhist priest from Kanazawa.