As a leader, Patricia Houston will inspire courage and success by setting a clear purpose and direction, while treating people as the most important asset. She believes in fostering a positive environment where team members can learn, grow, and achieve their full potential without limits. The team will work together as individuals, hold each other accountable, appreciate successes, and have fun. Honesty, integrity, respect and transparency are core values. Healthy debate is encouraged to reach the best decisions, and the team will unite behind them while continuously striving to improve. Work-life balance and continual self-improvement are also emphasized.

1. My Leadership Philosophy
As a leader, Iwill alwaysstrive tosetthe example,purpose,anddirection thencreate anenvironmenttoinspire
courage,greatnessand success.
I believethatpeople are ourmostimportantassetandon my teampeople come first. Inordertohave a purpose andbe
successful Iwantmy teamto be passionate andenergizedby opportunitiestolearn,grow andsucceed. We will defyany
limitsthatotherschoose toplace uponus and we will rejectanylimitswe place uponourselves.
WhenI am leading,we will be ateam,butwe will acknowledge andappreciateeach individual. MyteamandI will
choosea positive can-doattitude.
 We will listencompletely.
 We will alwaysdoourbest.
 We will holdourselvesaccountable.
 We will lookforeveryopportunitytoexpressourgratitude and tocelebrate oursuccesses.
 We will doourverybestto enjoyourwork andhave fun alongthe way.
I value honestyandintegrity.If youcheat,youlie,yousteal….youleave.
If you are onmy teamwe will respectone another,we will serve one another, andwe will mentorone another. We will
care, we will motivate, we willsupportandwe will win.
I believeintransparency.We will be transparentin:ourwork,our decisions,ourweaknesses,ourstrengths andour
successes. Itisimportantthatmy teamunderstandsthatthe mistake isnotin making one- itisin tryingtohide itor not
learningfromit. Therefore, onmyteamwe reserve the righttoadmitwhenwe are wrong and committo learningfrom
our mistakes.
If you are onmy teamyou will have the moral courage to make the toughcall as well as the simple decisions.We will
activelylookforissueswhichthreatensuccess andonce identified,we willbringforwardwellthoughtout,executable
solutions inatimelymanner.AsaleaderI will be quickto forgive,andslow toblame andI expectthe same frommy
team.
I expecteveryteammembertohave a pointof view. We will notalwaysagree- buthealthydebate isencouraged.I will
strive tofosteran environmentwhere we candisagree privatelyand safely.Onmyteam, egoswill be leftatthe door.
Once a decision hasbeenreached,Iexpectall teammembersto supportthatdecision -underminingthe teamwill not
be tolerated. Publically,we standunited.
Strong,positive communicationsare keytoour success.Whiningisnotokay,howevereveryteammemberwill enjoy
the latitude of safely ventingandprocessingthoughts,emotionsandfeelings.We will ensurethatwhenwe finda
teammate beatingadeadhorse we will helpthem dismount.
Successcomesininstallments. Myteamwill alwaysstrive forsuccess andwe will neversettle. Onmyteamwe will strive
to raise the bar each day andcheereach other on inreachingit.Our goal is to alwaysbe creative inourapproach,
positive inourattitude,and excitedbythe results.
A work/lifebalance iskeytooursuccessas individualsandasa team; noamount of moneywill compensateforfailure in
the home.Asindividualswe musteachbe responsible forensuringourmental,spiritual,physical andemotional health,
but as a teamwe will helpeachotherkeepthatbalance.
On myteam will all be leadersandwe will seize the opportunitytoenergize,educate andempowerthose we influence.
By holdingourselvesto those keyelements we will pusheveryboundary,achieve everygoal andmostimportantly excel
inevery aspectof our lives.
If I am fallingshortof the attributesstatedabove Ineedandaskfor yourtimelyfeedback,inputandsuggestionsfor
improvement.Andwillalwaysstrivetosetthe bar highand pushmyself andmyteamto go evenhigher.
Sincerely Yours,
Patricia M Houston