Leadership is not about you or your title, your money your possessions, your power, or how much pleasure you can get from life.
Leaders never have all the answers, but they seek them constantly and often find them in the places that others have overlooked.
The articles below will challenge you and inspire you to grow your thinking and your behavior first, and then help you bring your best to the people and the organizations you serve.
Real leaders lift others up and challenge the status quo:
They don’t wait for a title to lead.
They use what they have, right where they are to make a difference!
Last week I read a blog post from Gary Vaynerchuk that included this quote,
“Social media is the first true listening platform, not speaking platform.”
This week I applied that reminder to all of my life – This is what I experienced:
“Who sees further a dwarf or a giant? Surely a giant for his eyes are situated at a higher level than those of the dwarf. But if the dwarf is placed on the shoulders of the giant who sees further?
This quote was the inspiration for a virtual community called Lead With Giants It is made up of people from all over the world that are passionate advocates of uplifting leadership.
Lead With Giants is one of five virtual leadership communities that I frequently connect with and learn from. (This particular group is highly engaged, collaborative and as the quote indicates each member has had the benefit of being the dwarf and the giant.) You are welcome to connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+!
Each month leadership articles that have been written by Lead With Giants Members are compiled to create The Best of Lead With Giants.
So grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair and enjoy!
We hope to see you in one or more of our community hangouts soon!
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If you are new to virtual communities check out this link to learn more about why I value them so much!
“For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.” C.S. Lewis
In less than 8 hours after I arrived in the country we will be living in for the next 3 years, my husband and I were taken to our new villa.
As we toured our new home, we were impressed with this modern, open, well-furnished space.
Towards the end of the tour we walked past the kitchen and the half-bath, past the laundry room and the storage closet to a small room in the back of the house that is just a bit bigger than the storage closet.
The room has a small tinted window in the room that lets some light in but it is so high you can’t see out of it. There is a small air conditioner, and off to the left of the room is a small watertight door. When you open the door it reveals a tiny bathroom with a fluorescent light, a sink, a toilet and a shower wand. (No tub, no shower curtain, and no way to keep the water from flowing through the entire bathroom if you shower.)
Yes – This tiny, claustrophobic space is intended to be the maid’s room.
Do you remember watching Clark Kent jump into a phone booth and then emerge as Superman? Kal-El was Clark’s real name, but because he was an alien and thought he would not be accepted, and at risk, if he allowed others to see who he really was… He adopted an alter-ego to protect himself.
When we watch him on the silver screen we wait in anticipation for him to jump into that phone booth and emerge as his authentic self!
Bringing passion, strength, justice and intense awe to everyone that he come in contact with!
After reading a recent post by Terri Klass emphasizing the need for leaders to take off their masks, a previous co-worker came to mind.
She had been hurt many times throughout her life, so much like Kal-El, she had come to the conclusion that she needed an alter-ego to protect herself. (She just reversed the process…) Instead of jumping into the phone booth to unleash her greatest gifts she would jump into her phone booth before she came to work to cover them up. When she got to work she struggled to understand why she could not connect with her peers.
