MSU Leadership Institute & UM Global Leadership Initiative

"Conrad really inspired the film and he’s been a huge inspiration for me," Chin said. "In a lot of ways, it was like my tribute to him… He’s an incredible character among incredible characters."

And we get Conrad Anker’s redemption story. After losing his best friend and climbing partner, Alex Lowe, to an avalanche in 1999, Anker married his widow, Jenni, and adopted her three sons. She has several of the film’s best lines.

Leadership effectiveness really starts with thinking — adopting a mental model that makes it possible to acquire skills and demonstrate behaviors in the first place.

According to Wendong Li, an assistant professor at Kansas State University and a co-author of the study, past research has shown a link between youthful rule-breaking and future leadership potential. That means the gene they studied could, in theory, have a leadership connection.

World-renowned scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a lecture at MSU on March 4th, 2015 that was hosted by the MSU Leadership Institute.

Is leadership an emergent quality, both situational and context-specific? Or is it something you can actually teach? That is, can you be a leader without ever leading something?

Understanding and communicating your leadership story can be quite powerful. It gives you the power of influence and authenticity by allowing you to match your words and your actions. It allows you to build trust. Trust leads to credibility.

"It was a 12 out of 10. There’s so many things that we need to understand."

"You don’t want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake."

Collected postings and photos from the social Web about scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s appearance at Montana State University.