Gracious Professionalism® has an important role in the ethos of FIRST®. As Woodie said, “Talking about Gracious Professionalism is very important”. So, let’s talk about Gracious Professionalism!
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Gracious Professionalism is CARING. Let us care for others and everything else will take care of itself.
Gracious Professionalism is RESPECT. Let us be respectful and considerate of everyone.
Gracious Professionalism is SHARING. Let us share our knowledge, knowhow, and experience selflessly with everyone.
Gracious Professionalism is SERVING. Let us serve and help others by volunteering and mentoring.
Gracious Professionalism is GIVING. Let us be generous and give of ourselves to help others.
Gracious Professionalism is INTEGRITY. Let us be honest, uphold ethical standards, and have strong moral principles.
Gracious Professionalism is POSITIVITY. Let us be positive with good energy in our thoughts and actions.
Gracious Professionalism is EMPATHY. Let us be empathetic to the feelings of others.
Gracious Professionalism is PEACE. Let us promote peace and tranquility.
Gracious Professionalism is HUMILITY. Let us be humble in all that we do.
Gracious Professionalism is COMPASSION. Let us treat everyone with compassion knowing we are all on different journeys.
Gracious Professionalism is INCLUSION. Let us include others and embrace our differences.
Gracious Professionalism is GRATITUDE. Let us be grateful for all our opportunities.
Gracious Professionalism is KINDNESS. Let us be friendly, courteous, kind, and forgiving toward everyone.
Gracious Professionalism is LEARNING. Let us teach, learn, and innovate together.
Gracious Professionalism is DISCOVERY. Let us explore and discover new ideas together.
Gracious Professionalism is TEAMWORK. Let us work and compete together as a community.
Gracious Professionalism is SPORTSMANSHIP. Let us have grace in victory and dignity in defeat.
What more does Gracious Professionalism mean to you? Let us live Gracious Professionalism every day, everywhere to make a phenomenally positive impact on our world!
Have a GREAT year!
The Woodie Flowers Award Family
Woodie Flowers, Elizabeth Calef, Mike Bastoni, Ken Patton, Kyle Hughes, Bill Beatty, Dave Verbrugge, Andy Baker, Dave Kelso, Paul Copioli, Rob Mainieri, Dan Green, Mark Breadner, John Novak, Chris Fultz, John Larock, Earl Scime, Faridodin “Fredi” Lajvardi, Lane Matheson, Mark Lawrence, Eric Stokely, Glenn Lee, Gail Drake, Allen Gregory, Lucien Junkin, Matt Fagen, Christine Sapio, & Mark Buckner