Jerono Phylis Rotich, Ph.D., is an educator, administrator, servant leader, researcher, mentor, and motivational speaker. She is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, mentoring, and wellness. Her leadership style is centered around servant leadership, and she strongly supports women, youth empowerment, and community engagement.
Prof. Rotich is also the CEO and Founder of the Kenya Students in Diaspora (KESID) Foundation (https://kesidfoundation.org/), Women & Youth (WOYO) Global Diversity Consulting (https://woyogdc.com/) and WOYO GDC Limited in Kenya.
Her work in the academe, organizations, and community has not gone unnoticed. Her exemplary work has earned her many recognitions and awards at the state, national, and international levels.
In addition to her achievements, she has also been elected to lead various organizations and associations. She has been appointed to serve on several task forces and committees, including the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms in Kenya and the Commission of Research & Publication of ICTSG, established during the 2018 UNESCO Collective Consultation on TSG.
Her Current job
She is currently a full professor of Kinesiology and the Associate Dean for Organizational Climate, Inclusion, and Belonging at the School of Public Health, Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Her previous work experience includes serving as a professor of Kinesiology and department chair of Kinesiology and Recreation Administration at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Before joining NCCU, she worked at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, where she started as an assistant professor and worked her way up to become a full professor in the Department of Kinesiology.
More About Prof Jerono P. Rotich
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The Rockstar
Skills
- Ensures accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
- Communicates effectively – Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- Manages complexity – Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
- Manages conflict – Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
- Customer focus – Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
- Develops talent – Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
- Cultivates innovation – Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
- Situational adaptability – Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
- Balances stakeholders – Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.
- Strategic mindset – Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
- Drives vision and purpose – Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action
- Courage – Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said