The Process
There are a number of fundamental principles that guide and inspire how I think about, practice and teach leadership and communication - all rooted in the art of connecting. These principles are described below. The process in working together involves the following three steps:
Identify the principles most relevant to you, based on where you are and where you'd like to be.
Understand and personalize the principles in order to fit you, your situation, and your ambitions.
Actualize and implement these principles in order to get to a new level.
LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES
AND THE ART OF CONNECTING
HUMILITY AND VULNERABILITY
Good leaders offer to help, great leaders seek help. If you want to appear truly confident, share your fears and vulnerabilities.
ENCOURAGE
JOY
Why do we assume that working hard and having fun are mutually exclusive? Whoever said work can’t be fun never worked with me.
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
All great professional relationships are rooted in strong personal relationships.
A GREAT TEAM OF LEADERS INSTEAD OF A TEAM OF GREAT LEADERS
It's all about how the ingredients come together. The best players don't always make the best teammates.
COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES
AND THE ART OF CONNECTING
STORYTELLING
Connect by sharing a compelling story. Humans have been doing this for
30,000 years.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
What's the ONE single point you're trying to convey? If you don't know, how will your audience?
PASSION
Bob Dylan famously said that he’d rather listen to a passionate speaker talk about something he wasn’t interested in, as opposed to a uninspiring speaker talk on a topic he was interested in.
ADDRESS YOUR REAL FEAR
Most people aren’t struggling to FIND their voice, they're struggling to TRUST their voice.