Title : Templeton Sawyer: Building the Next Generation of Young Leaders
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In this episode we meet Templeton Sawyer, Employment Support Practitioner Leader with Teamwork Cooperative in Canada. We will learn about his passion to help youth and how advocates them to believe in themselves and increase their self-confidence through leadership and skill development programs across Canada, Bahamas and Globally. We will learn about how Templeton views the topic of diversity, inclusion and the unique way of how he mentors business leaders, emerging professionals and youth in becoming the best they can. He is the host of ‘Tweet the Leader in You’ podcast, and co-facilitator of the Teamwork’s Youth-Focused Community of Practice. This episode comes with all the imperfect parts and background sounds, and at Leadership Exposé we embrace all of this in the presence of our guest leader!
Name : Templeton Sawyer
Title : Employment Support Practitioner
Organisation: TEAM Work Cooperative
Bio : -Growing up as a kid in the small island of Treasure Cay Abaco Bahamas, Templeton Sawyer attended his primary education, His mom held him back twice because she wanted to make sure he was ready to go to the next level. She saw his determination and that time he and his young sister were in the same grade. He did not allow that to stop him from being whom he wanted to become. Fast forward in 2009, Templeton attended Anatol Rodgers High School in Nassau Bahamas. In his first year of high school, he was bullied by some, but he still did not let that stop him from moving forward in life. He was never an honour roll student, but he always made 2.50 GPA or above. Templeton was determined to allow his leadership skills to grow with him and empower others. In 2014 Templeton became head boy of his school, one of the biggest roles in student leadership. There were teachers who were upset and who talked down to him for being selected. Templeton did not allow that to distract him to focus from being a leader of excellence. In 2016, he received the Public School Scholars Programme Award to attend Holland College in Prince Edward Island. This is a moment where he paused and felt grateful. Templeton took a bold step in believing in himself and applying for this award. Templeton was exposed to so many opportunities that allowed him to experience a global level of experience. In 2018 Templeton graduated and wanted to take a bold step and move to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to attend Mount Saint Vincent University. He is studying his bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing and minoring in Nonprofit Leadership. His journey now in Halifax continues to amaze him. From being a Resident Assistant to being the Acting President and Vice President Communications of the university student association, while sitting on three organizations board of directors, and writing blogs to be featured in organizations marketing as well as being able to have a Job as an Employment Practitioner. All of these things happened because a little island boy had a vision to believe in himself. Today those bullies and teachers are looking up to him as a role model and this makes him happy to serve them as well. Templeton Innovation form to produce Tweet the leader in You Podcast- where all youth who were disregarded and people In genera to come on a platform.
