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Vice Admiral Robert Kihune Speaks at JAIMS
Left to right: Mr. Hideto Kono, Vice Admiral
Robert Kihune, and Dr. Fujio Matsuda
HONOLULU —
This spring, JAIMS students
were pleased to welcome Vice Admiral Robert Kihune as a guest speaker
for a special session on "Leadership for the New Economy."
Currently a trustee of the Kamehameha
Schools, Kihune had much to say to the audience of students
and staff on the qualities of leadership.
"Leadership really is an invisible strength," Kihune
said. "It's really is as mysterious as is powerful. Leadership is
colorblind. It doesn't care whether you're black, yellow, white,
or what. There is no gender bias. You can be a woman and be a leader,
as well as you can be a man and be a leader."
Kihune wanted to stress, especially to the students
in the audience, the qualities of what he believes makes a leader.
"If you want to be a leader, first of all you must
have the trust of the people," he said, "you have to have their
confidence that you will be working for them. Secondly, you have
to have the integrity to do what is right. If you cannot do what
you think is right, don't compromise."
Also in the audience, were special guests Dr. Fujio
Matsuda and Mr. Hideto Kono, both former presidents of JAIMS whom
Kihune referred to as examples of leaders who, like him, paid their
dues in order to reach the level of success they have attained.
Vice Admiral Kihune was born on Maui, and is
a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools and the U.S. Naval Academy.
He retired from the U.S. Navy after serving 35 years. He currently
serves as a trustee of the Kamehameha Schools, the CEO of Sandwich
Isles Communications, Inc., and the president of the USS Missouri
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