June 13, 2008: The Fulfillment of Leadership
Quote of the Week
“There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.”
– John F. Kennedy
The Fulfillment of Leadership
by Bill George and Peter Sims
“Being an authentic leader means taking risks. I quoted Theodore Roosevelt’s famous 1910 speech at the Sorbonne, ‘The Man in the Arena.’
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly. . .who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Are you prepared to enter the arena, to dare greatly, to know the great enthusiasms and the great devotions, and to spend yourself in a worthy cause? If you are, in the end you will also know the triumph of high achievement.
That is the fulfillment of leadership (George & Sims, 2007, p. 202).”
Reference: George, Bill and Sims, Peter (2007). True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.”
Reprinted with permission from the OSU Leadership Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, (614) 292-3114, http://leadershipcenter.osu.edu.
Coaching Call to Action
Where are you playing it safe and being in inaction? What is it costing you? Where will you take a stand and make a difference?
Community Involvement
June 15, 2008
Happy Father’s Day, Dads!
A Father Is a Source of Strength
A father is a source of strength,
A teacher and a guide,
The one his family looks up to
With loving trust and pride. . .
A father is a helper
With a willing hand to lend,
A partner, an adviser,
And the finest kind of friend.
Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there!
Pounce on a Project VI - 2008
June 26, 2008
Last month we worked on creating a sales procedure policy, getting office space back under “clutter control”, a joint venture program and a procrastination pile. In addition to great results on our projects we made a discovery, “The Power of Pounce”. We noticed that within 24 hours of “pouncing” something good happens? (A check comes in the mail, new clients show up, etc.) We talked about why this might be. Perhaps it’s because we are taking care of things that are sucking our energy. Come to Pounce on a Project VI (the last Pounce before the summer break) and test out “The Power of Pounce.” Join Coach Andrea on Thursday, June 26th, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Eastern. We will join as a group by phone and declare what you want to accomplish: completing a presentation, working on your monthly newsletter, finding the top of your desk or reaching out to clients.
During the morning, the group will gather by phone a few times to check progress and get any support needed to finish with a bang. At noon, the group will celebrate their accomplishments. Who says projects have to be boring and tedious? Bring your lightness and fun and join us for the energization.
To sign up or learn more, call or by noon on Wednesday, April 23rd. Feel free to share this with friends and co- workers, the more the merrier. (Cost of the program is only the cost of long distance phone calls.)
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