USF Vice President/Director of Athletics Michael Kelly sits down with ADU’s Tai M. Brown at the 2023 NCAA Convention to share his strategies for achieving buy-in from both his athletics staff and campus decision-makers, how his career experience in event management has led to a detail-oriented leadership style and the influence of Maya Angelou and soul artist Sade on the development of his leadership philosophy. According to Kelly, Angelou’s quote “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you. made them feel” is more than a mantra – it’s a key business and leadership principle.
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