Trust yourself. This is not a one-time statement closing the issue for good. This internal communication needs to be transmitted often. Most of all the message is one you must unconditionally hear. The impact of reach begins in your own story. The connection you desire−from the communication required−is not accomplished without the story. Desire & [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Connection’
Others and You (Reach)
Posted in Strategic Storytelling, tagged 21st Century Leadership Skills, Collective, Connection, Desire, Experience, Freedom, Impact, Intent, Larger Story, Leadership, Love, Purpose, Story on February 13, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Strategic Storytelling
Posted in Strategic Storytelling, tagged 21st Century Leadership Skills, Authenticity, Behavior, Clarity, Collective, Commitment, Connection, Desire, Impact, Intent, Larger Story, Love, New Confidence, Presence, Purpose, Story, Storytelling on January 11, 2012 | 8 Comments »
If I share a story with you, it is because I care. My own leadership love compels me to tell you a story. And from that, I desire you find a purposeful role in a larger, engaging story; a story that compels your own authenticity in a turbulent 21st Century experience. Through my work with [...]
Reflections for Your Awareness (It is Personal)
Posted in Reflections for Awareness, tagged Clarity, Connection, False confidence, Intent, Love, New Confidence, Presence, Purpose, Story, Storytelling, Trust on December 27, 2011 | 6 Comments »
It’s hard to get anyone to truly hear your story until it’s personal. We have to make the story personal. -From post 7/20/2011 by Ric Gonzalez, Woo Woo Leadership Our Christmas 2011 was experienced in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. On the evening prior to returning home (Christmas evening), I went to the desk clerk to get some [...]
Reflections for Your Awareness (Fixing Your Network)
Posted in Reflections for Awareness, tagged Beauty, Collective, Connection, Connector, False confidence, Flow, Gift, Network, Purpose, Voice on November 9, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Only after your network is fixed can you go be the linchpin, the Great Connector, that you are meant to be. Once you fix your network, you can serve it and its members better. Once you fix your network, you will realize that yours is just a small part of a much bigger, much more [...]
Reflections for Your Awareness (The Flow of Why)
Posted in Reflections for Awareness, tagged 21st Century Leadership Skills, Accountability, Clarity, Connection, Flow, New Confidence, Story, Understanding, Voice on November 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It’s not enough to just ‘tell’ people that something has to be done. A story has to be a part of that telling, and that story has to be repeated. Often. Clearly. Consistently. The most successful messages are a story. The best stories are personal. If you make the story your own as part of [...]
The Client Letters 2011 – Five (Deanna)
Posted in Giving, The Client Letters 2011, tagged Brand, Connection, Flow, Leadership, Presence, Purpose, Values on August 15, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Deanna, When we began our work together, you said, “I want to do some homework on what makes me feisty.” You explained that you become feisty when you cannot find a connection between what is being asked of you and your own understanding of purpose. What you and I learned together was how powerful your [...]
Regarding Networking Skills: by Ricardo González
Posted in 7 Skills for 21st Century Leadership - Discussed, Networking, tagged 21st Century Leadership Skills, Connection on June 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
If I have an Achilles Heel, it’s the fine art of networking. I’ve never been very good at it. It plays to my deepest insecurity: rejection. You can give me a topic, 10 minutes of prep, an audience of 100 people, and I’ll be fine. I read once that Henry Fonda used to vomit before going [...]
Regarding Communication and Connection Skills: by Ricardo González
Posted in 7 Skills for 21st Century Leadership - Discussed, Communication and Connection, tagged 21st Century Leadership Skills, Connection on June 13, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Effective leadership hinges on one simple idea: to move a group of people to action, you have to connect with them. Leadership born from anything other than connection is temporary at best. For a leader’s influence to endure in such a way that it is clear that their former followers carry on his legacy because [...]
Voice in the Art of Connection
Posted in 21st Century Awareness, tagged Authenticity, Brand, Connection, Experience, Impact, New Confidence, Voice on April 19, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Imagine a Stradivarius violin – a beautiful work of art meant to share its sound – snapped in a case, hidden in an attic, and never played. Too often this is a metaphor for a leader’s voice; locked away and silent. The leader’s voice – freed by A New Confidence – is as timeless as [...]
Confident Engagement
Posted in The Skill of Confidence, tagged Authenticity, Collective, Commitment, Connection, Engagement, Impact, Love, Story, Storytelling, Understanding on March 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
In my book, Wading the Stream of Awareness, my wife’s favorite chapter is the last, entitled simply – Love. I began that chapter with, and structured it around, a poem I wrote. To my leader: I need you to be you Afraid I’m not of who you really are I’m only afraid if you cannot [...]
