Asia Society – Houston

The Doerr Institute for New Leaders enjoyed partnering with the Asia Society Texas Center for their annual Young Leaders Institute this summer. Our team members Sarah Sullivan, department coordinator, and Tom Kolditz, director, spoke with Houston-area students about how to build a personal leader development plan and how to write leader intent statements, which empower others to take initiative rather than creating a prescriptive plan.

David Firestein of the University of Texas at Austin’s China Public Policy Center speaks at the Young Leaders Institute’s U.S.–China Relations session on Monday, June 24, 2019, at Asia Society Texas Center.
Young Leaders Institute’s U.S.–China Relations session on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at Asia Society Texas Center.
Tom Kolditz of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice Univeristy speaks at the Young Leaders Institute’s U.S.–China Relations session on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at Asia Society Texas Center.

About Thomas Kolditz


General Kolditz is an internationally recognized expert on crisis leadership and leadership in extreme contexts, and in the development of programs to inculcate leadership and leader development in everything from project teams to large organizations.