Joyce Dattner, Featured Leader
Posted on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 @ 08:20 PM
:: Current Title & Company:
Director,
All Stars Project of the San Francisco Bay Area; Founder/Director,
Life Performance Coaching Center:: Favorite Book(s)?
Vygotsky at Work and Play, Lois Holzman;
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston;
Einstein, His Life and Universe, Walter Issacson;
:: Women Leader That Inspires You?
Dr. Lenora Fulani - a developmental psychologist and founder of the All Stars Project, she is best known for her two runs for the presidency as an independent in 1988 and 1992. I had the privilege of being her Vice Presidential Candidate in 1988.
:: Who Was Your Best Manager? Why?
Gabrielle Kurlander - President and CEO, All Stars Project - a visionary and a skilled builder of professional, productive and challenging learning and work environments.
:: Your First "Real" Job?
Teacher, New York City Public Schools
:: Where Do You Do Your Best Thinking?
On planes.
:: What Do You Value Most in Employees? Colleagues?
Team player; professional and "yes we can" attitude; takes initiative.
:: What Would You Like to Be the World's Best At?
Leading large teams of talented people dedicated to creating new approaches to human development and community building.
:: What Do You Consider Your Greatest Achievement?
Building the All Stars Project and other community-based developmental, psychological, educational and cultural projects from the ground up - with the founder of the All Stars performance based approach to development - Dr. Fred Newman - and many other creative and dedicated women, men and young people.
:: What Is Your Personal Mission Statement?
To contribute all I can to creating new approaches to lifting our young people and their communities out of poverty. Establish a Center for Youth Development in the San Francisco Bay Area that brings together people from all walks of life and houses a Development School for Youth; the SF Bay Area All Stars Talent Show Network and a theater for the whole city.