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STL Leaders Speak Out

What qualities do you expect to see in a highly effective leader?

Compassion. A vision for what they want to accomplish. The ability to make decisions and not to be afraid to make those decisions. The ability to collaborate with others. An ability to seek out talents and skills in people that are different than my own that compliments me and the organization. A real sense that the mission that we are trying to accomplish is important.  

…I take people through about the tough thing of being a manager. There is nothing fun about being a leader. And I take away, and I always feel bad about it, but I strip away the myth around what leadership is all about. I tell people if you really want me to take you through this there will be changes in you. There are going to be some painful processes, there are going to be some growth parts of this and I am going to be there for you but you are going to have to tell me when to say uncle when you can’t do it. I am really, really honest about telling people what the strengths are and what their challenges are. -Theresa Mayberry (1 min. 22 sec.)

Theresa Mayberry,  President,
Network in Human Services, Inc.,
LSL Class of 2005

Theresa Mayberry, Ph.D., is the President of Network in Human Services, Inc. (NHS), an organizational and executive development consulting practice. She has extensive executive leadership and consulting knowledge related to the nonprofit, private, charitable, and government sectors. Nationally, more than two hundred organizations have benefited from her assistance and leadership. Dr. Mayberry is an executive coach, who confers with and supports change efforts of leaders in a variety of organizations nationally.
 
In December 2008, she added to her leadership work by joining the staff of Nonprofit Services Center of Missouri as Project Director of Leadership Education.
 
Dr. Mayberry earned her undergraduate degree in Social Science at George Williams College, Downers Grove, IL. Her post-graduate work includes a Masters of Science in Counseling Psychology, and a doctorate in Social Work from University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work.
 
Her professional experience includes positions as the President and CEO of Grace Hill Settlement House, St. Louis, MO; Director of Early Care and Education for the Caroline and Sigmund Schott Foundation in Boston, MA; Chief Operating Officer for Centers for New Horizon in Chicago, Illinois; and Bureau Deputy Director for the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services.
 
Dr. Mayberry is a tireless volunteer in many civic and advocacy organizations. Those include: Board, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Trustee, Boys Town and Girls Town; Dean’s Advisory Board, George Warren Brown School of Social Work; Executive Board, Saint Louis University, Cook School of Business; Commissioner, Mayors Commission on Children; Youth and Families, St. Louis; Commissioner, Governors Commission on Coordinating Board for Early Childhood Development, Missouri; Deaconess Foundation Board, and Nominating Board, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri. 
 
The St. Louis American Foundation recognized Dr. Mayberry as the 2006 Non-Profit Executive of the Year and SSDN named her the Children’s Champion in 2008. She has authored published articles on organizational transformation and early childhood education. Mayberry is frequent speaker, panel-member, and facilitator on public policy issues focused on improving conditions for the disadvantaged and the institutions that serve them.  
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