In addition to the following items, you can also tie the theme to any current event or holiday.
| Wisdom | “Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.” Unknown |
| Laughter | “Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.” Lord Byron |
| Optimism | “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” Helen Keller |
| Attitude | “First we make our attitude. Then our attitudes make us.” Dennis Waitley |
| Courage | “Courage does not always Roar. Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day, saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” - Unknown |
| Aspiration | “You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.” Billy Wilder |
| Success | “The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people”. Leo Tolstoy |
| Making a difference | “To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” Anatole France |
| Helping others succeed | “It’s not the things you get but the hearts you touch that will determine your success in life.” Mac Anderson |
| Brain power | “If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn’t thinking.” George S. Patton |
| Standards | “Excellence is not an act … It’s a habit.” Aristotle |
| Working towards Goals | “What’s important is that one strives to achieve a goal.” Ronald Reagan |
| Leading with Integrity | “Throw yourself into life like a pebble in a river and watch the ripples” |
| Plan to Succeed – Are You Ready? | “A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.”- H. Stanley Judd |
| Stepping Out (of your comfort zone) | “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”- Robert Francis Kennedy |
| Leaders Show Up – The Importance of Being Present | “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”- John Quincy Adams |
| Be Willing to Adjust | “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts (his wings) the sails.”- John Maxwell |
| Chat it Up/ My Story (Testimonials)/Find your Voice | “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”- Anais Nin |
| The Power of Approval | “I have yet to find a man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.”- Charles Schwab |
| Motivating Evaluations | “Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.”- Sam Walton |
| Better Than 10 for 10 | “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.”- John C. Maxwell |
| Change | “Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.”- Henry Steele Commager |
| Selling Your Idea – The Importance of Effective Communication | “You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.”- Lee Iacocca |
| Hitting the Ground Running |
| Effective Use of Humor in Leadership |
| Continued Education; Formal and Informal |
| Defending Our Convictions/Debating Leadership Styles |
| Trusting Our Delegates |
| Being Shorthanded |
| Mentoring Others |
| Inspiring Your Team |
| Coaching Your Way to the Championship |
| Recruiting |
| Is The Checkered Flag Too Close? |
| Commit; Prepare; Soar |
| Passing the Torch/Transition |
| Your Leadership Christmas List/ Developing Leadership Skills |
| Falling Out of Line – Individualism Within the Organization |
| Is The End of Semester Coming Too Soon/ Are you ready to enter the job market? |
| Difficult People/Resolving Conflict |
| Building a Team |
