Communicating Through the Prism of Your Values
Merely discovering what matters will not assure that you can communicate to inspire. When I ask my executive classes to identify leaders of any period who were the most effective at inspiring others, the lists are remarkably consistent. Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Joan of Arc, John F. Kennedy, Margaret Thatcher, Abraham Lincoln, and Anwar Sadat are always on the list. Spiritual leaders are consistently mentioned as well: Gandhi, Mohammed, Jesus, Siddhartha.
What do these people have in common?
Without hesitation, the group responds with words like passion, commitment, and self-knowledge. Often they miss the obvious, that people in this rare group were willing and able to communicate with ...
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