Leadership: Inspiration is the Name of the Game
Leadership is about pulling people to action, not pushing them. It's about getting people to want to follow you even though they are afraid or unsure. Leadership is about caring enough to paint a picture of the change that excites people to implement your idea.
I saw leadership in action last Saturday when I attended the National Speakers Association New England chapter's meeting. www.nsanewengland.org
Rick Segel, CSP was the keynote speaker. www.RickSegel.com Rick is also a past president of NSA-New England. Through his talk he inspired people to think differently about their speaking business. He challenged them to try new things. He showed the group a few of his biggest mistakes that he has made in his speaking career and what he learned from those mistakes.
After Rick asked how many people had a blog (only four people raised their hands) he gave business reasons why every speaker should have a blog including his web site statistics that showed traffic from his blog is the second highest generater for him.
How did Rick show leadership last Saturday? On Monday I was speaking with a writer, Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts, who said Rick made her realize she needed to set up a blog. After a conversation with me in less than 10 minutes Sheryl had her blog up. Check it out at writingace.blogspot.com. Pretty good don't you think?
Sheryl would never have attempted a blog without Rick painting that picture of the business reasons for doing so. I'd say Leadership in action, wouldn't you?
Barb.... Leadership Lady
I saw leadership in action last Saturday when I attended the National Speakers Association New England chapter's meeting. www.nsanewengland.org
Rick Segel, CSP was the keynote speaker. www.RickSegel.com Rick is also a past president of NSA-New England. Through his talk he inspired people to think differently about their speaking business. He challenged them to try new things. He showed the group a few of his biggest mistakes that he has made in his speaking career and what he learned from those mistakes.
After Rick asked how many people had a blog (only four people raised their hands) he gave business reasons why every speaker should have a blog including his web site statistics that showed traffic from his blog is the second highest generater for him.
How did Rick show leadership last Saturday? On Monday I was speaking with a writer, Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts, who said Rick made her realize she needed to set up a blog. After a conversation with me in less than 10 minutes Sheryl had her blog up. Check it out at writingace.blogspot.com. Pretty good don't you think?
Sheryl would never have attempted a blog without Rick painting that picture of the business reasons for doing so. I'd say Leadership in action, wouldn't you?
Barb.... Leadership Lady
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