Mayor Mike Oakley,Centerville, Alabama
Mayor Mike Oakley
Centerville, Alabama
“Leadership is About More Than Just the Mission”
Some leadership lessons are forged in crisis. Others take shape through years of public service. Few people have experienced both like Mayor Mike Oakley.
With nearly 40 years in military service—where leadership meant ensuring mission readiness in combat zones—Mayor Oakley now applies those lessons to civic life in Centerville, Alabama. His perspective is clear: Leadership isn’t just about accomplishing a mission; it’s about sustaining the people who make the mission possible.
In our latest
Community Catalysts episode, we discuss the balance between advancing a vision and unifying a community, why leadership is about more than authority, and what it really takes to bring people together in divisive times.
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