The annual breakfast meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Walker County was highlighted Wednesday with a speech by Charles L. Karr, dean of engineering at the University of Alabama. Karr’s speech was motivational in nature, challenging local business owners to be leaders in the community. “When you start talking about leadership, a lot of people want to know if you are a born leader or if it is something that you develop,” Karr said. “I don’t have a clue, but I can tell you this, anything you work at, you can get better at. You have to work at it to be successful.”