Leadership Profile of Jim MacMillan

Abstract

Before sitting down to talk with Jim MacMillan I did what any normal person would do before meeting with someone whom they had never met, I Googled him. I found myself feeling intimidated. His experience was distinguished, where he was a photojournalist for The Philadelphia Daily News, The Associated Press, and freelanced at The Boston Globe; he was the assistant director for external affairs at the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University; held instructor positions at the University of Missouri, Swarthmore College, Temple University, Tufts University, and New York University; and had been awarded with the Bayeux Prize for War Correspondents, National Headliner Award, and the renowned Pulitzer Prize. When I finally met with him, my feeling of intimidation immediately dissipated when he expressed genuine interest in my group’s work, and I learned about his incredibly warm and humble character.