How caregiving makes you a better leader | GeVonna Fassett | TEDxSIUC

GeVonna Fassett’s talk, Caregiving Is Leadership, challenges how we define leadership by examining the skills developed through caregiving. Drawing from her experience as a full-time caregiver for her mother, who lived with Alzheimer’s, she highlights the complex decision-making, problem-solving, and responsibility caregivers carry every day without formal recognition. Through personal reflection, she invites audiences to reconsider caregiving not as a pause or gap, but as a space where leadership is actively practiced and developed. GeVonna Fassett is an advocate for caregivers and Alzheimer’s awareness, dedicated to supporting families and improving the lives of seasoned citizens.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx