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In these times: You can hear a cry for
real leadership in our world. Greed, so empowered by media, runs rampant
throughout our diverse cultures. Wall Street has failed us. So many within big
business have failed us. Politicians, celebrities, and "big" personalities of
every kind have failed us.
Keith Grint has made a lifelong study of people
and how people work together. He knows something about leadership that we all
need to understand as deeply as we can. In fact, he explains why we are so
frustrated with the leadership who dominate the headlines.
He makes it clear that it is time to turn away
from the selfish people and look to each other -- perhaps even look in your
mirror -- to find the heart of real leadership. Yet, to empower a grassroots
effort to instill such leadership within our cultures, we need to know what
leadership is and we all need hope and courage to try to make a difference; and
as we learn, we need to encourage the best models of leadership among us.
Dr. Grint says that having a vision is certainly a
starting point but that the "vision thing" has been overrated. Anybody can have
a dream or a picture of how they want their world or their company to look but
very few are good at putting the plans in place then taking action on those
plans to turn the vision into reality.
We distilled many key points from our altogether
too brief of a visit with him. This door on leadership has been opened,
however; and with this show we are calling on all small business owners to
learn more about it so we can be all that we can be.
We know that small business owners are made of a
slightly different cloth than most people. They have already taken a leadership
role in declaring to their family and friends, and then to the world, "I'll
take care of myself. And when I can, I'll hire others and we will take care of
each other." These people go on to say, "We'll contribute something of real
value to society. We'll make it a better place."
That is leadership.
So, about your leadership, do you have it? Can we
each do just a little better?
Your roadmap. We invite you to build your own business case online and
interactively, a roadmap for your future.
Register here and make it a collaborative
project with your employees.
If you are one of the 17 million sole proprietors,
make it a collaborative project with your CPA, bankers, advisors, suppliers,
and contractors. Everybody will love it, you'll build your business, and you
may discover you have something to pass on to the next generation. Also, review
the episode entitled,
People Power. Think more about the
empowerment from the web and technology, be sure to spend some time with the
episode about an
e-culture.
OUR TEACHER, PROFESSOR KEITH GRINT:
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