Identifying the Tools and Traits of Good Leadership with Perry Smith
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- June 20th 2022
Today on The Change Maker: Perry Smith. Perry is a retired general who served in the United States Air Force for 30 years. A graduate from West Point with a PhD from Columbia, he went on to have multiple leadership positions in government before beginning his writing career with Rules and Tools for Leaders - he would go on to author more books after that.
Smith caught national attention when he became a whistleblower at CNN, speaking against the immorality of their publishing of an inaccurate story about the Vietnam War. He currently lived in Augusta, Georgia, where he has sat on numerous leadership boards and created a ceremony to honor Jimmie Dyess for his heroic actions leading to a posthumous Medal of Honor.
To Find Perry's books: https://www.amazon.com/Perry-M.-Smith/e/B001H9XRX0%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
To find more information on this show: https://www.augustapodcasts.com/thechangemaker
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The Change Maker is hosted by Deke Copenhaver. When Deke took over as mayor of his hometown of Augusta, Georgia, the city’s politics were broken and riven along racial lines. No group trusted any other group, so nothing got done.
From 2005 through 2014 Deke was a catalyst in helping to transform Augusta, attracting businesses to spur economic development, implementing social programs that impacted the lives of Augustans on a daily basis. He focused effort on communities that had been neglected for years.
No serving as the Principal of Copenhaver Consulting, Deke remains committed to being a Change Maker while helping others realize their potential to impact their communities for the better. For his work, he’s been recognized on multiple occasions by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians.
Deke currently authors a monthly column on leadership published by the Georgia Municipal Association. Deke earned a BA in Political Science from Augusta College and is a graduate of Leadership Georgia and the Mayors’ Institute on City Design.
A passionate athlete, Deke has completed five Ironman 70.3s and several half marathons. He and his wife, Malisa, reside in Augusta with their dogs Sarah Bet, Buddy, and Johnny.