Wisdom from the Summit. . .

“Leadership means vision, cheer, leading, enthusiasm, love, trust, verve, passion, obsession, consistency, creating heroes, coaching, and numerous other things.”

Tom Peters

I’ve Been Thinking. . . about the honor of leadership.

 

I recently attended an event entitled The Global Leadership Summit. The two day simulcasts featured speakers from various walks of life and leadership perspectives.

 

I managed to glean several insightful, challenging, and pertinent one-liners from our dynamic speakers that I thought you might enjoy contemplating. I encourage you to choose one or two of these bits of wisdom to dwell on for a concentrated period of time. How could you use this insight to grow yourself as a leader?

 

Here you go. . .

 

Everyone wins when a leader gets better.

 

True Responsibility of a Leader: Never Accept the World as it is - but What it Should Be.

 

Leaders build teams primarily because they don’t have a clue what they are doing and are hoping they can find someone who does. (You have to admit this is funny – probably a bit of truth as well)

 

The moral failure of a leader will challenge the integrity of others as well. Integrity lost cannot be fully restored.

 

EVERY life is capable of greatness. . . a leader’s responsibility is to create opportunities for that greatness to be revealed.

 

The greatest danger is not failure but being successful and not understanding why you are successful.

 

Great Leaders are Incessant ‘Tinkerers.’

 

At the core of leadership is trust. . . do people trust me? To the degree you are trusted, you are free to lead.

 

Destroy your enemies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . by turning them into your friends.

 

If your people can’t do an accurate impression of you when you’re gone, you don’t communicate enough.

 

Vision ---- makes the present indefensible and unacceptable (think about that one).

 

People need to be reminded rather than instructed.

 

Core Values – something you are willing to get punished for.

 

Things that seem impossible today will be inevitable in retrospect.

 

Honor is given. Respect is earned.

 

Note to Older Generation: If you’re not dead. . . You’re not done leading!

 

Note to Younger Generation: Honor those above you by serving those below you with integrity.

 

Greatness is not a matter of circumstance but conscious choice.

 

Signature sign of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.

 

When Things Are Tough, People Become More of Who They Are.

 

Don’t Allow Differences with Others to Become Personal.

Leaders Move People from ‘Current’ to the ‘Preferred’ Future

Leader. . . YOU are the most DIFFICULT PERSON you will ever lead. . . . . . OUCH!

 

“The number one reason leaders are unsuccessful is their inability to lead themselves.”

 

Truett Cathy
Chick-Fil-A Founder