#27 - Protect Your Yeses: Lessons in Leadership with Dean Jyrece McClendon
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#27 - Protect Your Yeses: Lessons in Leadership with Dean Jyrece McClendon
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In this inspiring episode, hosts Ignacia Piraino and Arshikia Stephens sit down with Dean Jyrece McClendon, a passionate educator and leader at Palm Beach State College. Dean McClendon shares her journey from being a first-generation college student to becoming an influential academic leader. She reflects on balancing her many roles—as a dean, professor, advisor, and lifelong learner—while emphasizing the importance of “protecting your yeses” and staying grounded in purpose.
The conversation explores the value of empathy in leadership, finding motivation through service to others, and redefining student success beyond grades. Dean McClendon also discusses the need to reignite a love for learning, the unseen work behind academic leadership, and her belief that education—though it looks different for everyone—is truly for everyone. She ends with a powerful reminder to appreciate the privilege of education and embrace every opportunity to learn and grow.