This is my first blog post for The Interested Leader.
I will share leadership observations from the many interesting voices of experience that have impacted my leadership journey. Life has taught me that leadership books, seminar certificates, and job experience are helpful but do not guarantee leadership greatness.
The path to leadership greatness involves engaging with people, often ordinary people who have a calling to lead others regardless of rank. These are people who have accepted resistance, failure, and doubt as elements of their walk to leadership success. Notice I refer to this journey as a walk - hard to have a conversation and learn when you are running to beat your personal best time.
We often hear the saying "to be an interesting person you must be interested", and I personally believe this to be true. This is the cornerstone of The Interested Leader - to develop a portfolio of ideas and experiences to better serve those who depend on us.
I hope you find this blog to be a valuable resource for concise, intentional, and relevant leadership thoughts that can be applied to your leadership role.
Todd
I am honored to be the first to post a comment on Todd's blog. I have known Todd a long time and he has mentored me much over the years. He speaks from both the heart and the mind and that is a balanced attribute that I think is rare in leaders. So, I'll categorize Todd as one of those rare leaders who has an effect on both a person's emotion and intellect. I rarely end a conversation with Todd without reflecting on what I learned or how he influenced me. That's a quality I respect greatly - influence.
ReplyDeleteAs Todd might appreciate, I immediately googled "interested leader" one item returned was pdf called "An Empirical Study of Other-oriented and Rational Self-interest Leadership Approaches" (http://lmsbconsulting.com/other%20article.pdf) and it is an interesting read that Todd would appreciate.
I also googled "Walking the Leadership Path" and not unexepectedly, over 2 million results were returned. I only had time to peruse the first million, but I found this to align with Todd's thinking on leadership: "Walking the Path; 5 Steps to Becoming a Leader" (http://www.articletrader.com/self-improvement/leadership/walking-the-path-5-steps-to-become-a-leader.html.)
I wish you well on your journey, Todd, and I look forward to walking with you, listening intently as we go.
Tom Mellor