Podcast #015: Why your leadership matters

Published: March 2, 2016, 8 a.m.

b'Leadership. What is it? Why does it matter? How should it matter to you and me? And also why whoever you are and whatever you do, you owe it to yourself and the world to see yourself as a leader.
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\\nThese are some of the questions my co-host Andrew Horton and I discuss on this podcast. We unravel some of the confusion around leadership. We also look at why it is not pompous or grandiose to think of yourself as a leader.
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\\nWe unpack the following definitions:
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\\n"Leadership is influence. Nothing more. Nothing less." (John Maxwell).
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\\n"Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly they come to see it in themselves."\\xa0(Stephen R. Covey).
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\\nDo join us as we also discuss some examples of great leadership (Lincoln, Churchill, Gandhi, the Jewish carpenter) \\xa0and how service is what underpins true greatness. The greatest leaders have this paradoxical blend of personal humility alongside a ferocious resolve (a professional will).
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\\nYou may also find of interest the following blog posts linked to this podcast:
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\\nWhy I Am So Passionate About Leadership
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\\nWho Precisely Is A Leader?
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\\nLincoln: How Depression Moulded A Great Leader
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\\nDid Churchill\'s Depression Make Him A Great War-Time Leader?
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\\nGrowing In Service And Level 5 Leadership
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\\nThe Art Of The Basin And Towel
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\\nWhat thoughts and questions does this podcast discussion on leadership raise for you?'