 by Schristia (busy with my daughter's exams)
The Most Compelling Leadership Vision:
[Via HarvardBusiness.org]
A distinguished woman rose to speak in the front of a room of 40 fellow employees during a Total Leadership workshop I was conducting earlier this week at a large pharmaceutical company's headquarters.
"Joyous laughter [~] this is the sound I hear throughout the home I have built and now maintain for mentally ill women in Puerto Rico. They are surrounded by people who love and care for them. They are enjoying life."
Juana, let's call her, was telling the brief (one-minute) story of her personal leadership vision; a description of the impact you're having on your world and the legacy you're creating 15 years from now. When Juana sat down, one of her close colleagues said, "I've known you so long yet I never knew about this part of who you are. Wow!" I couldn't help but ask Juana how I could support her pursuit of her vision. All of us were moved, and felt inclined to contribute. People will not follow a leader if it is only to the leader's benefit. We are social animals, using networks of interactions for live our lives. The most invigorating visions are those that lead people to a better place. Not to one that simply makes the leader wealthy.
[More at SpreadingScience]
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