Stachen Lett-Frederick, on leadership, mentorship, and empowering others

“You are a woman of worth,” says Stachen Lett-Frederick in episode two of A Wealth of Women’s Stories. Recognized as one of WXN’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, Stachen has over 20 years of experience in community and program development. She is the founder of the not-for-profit BrAIDS for AIDS, and the Executive Director of Weston Frontlines Centre, a youth charity in Toronto, Ontario. Along with host Manjit Minhas, Stachen brings insight to the topics of mentorship and what it means to be a leader.

Topics they cover include:

• 0:00 Stachen’s story “You are the average of the five closest people around you at any time in your life”
• 15:23 Mentorship “I could go out into the world, make mistakes, and always have someone that sees the best in me”
• 20:45 Leadership as a mindset “Leadership is not a position or a title – it’s action, it’s example”
• 29:58 Empowering others “Being a leader is not about dictating, but about facilitating”

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