Volunteerism - Your Calling Into Leadership

Published: Dec. 31, 2014, 10:17 p.m.

One Hour Goes By So Fast on a Live Radio Talk Show\nVolunteerism is a Calling\nRecently I had the pleasure of talking about volunteerism on the radio show YourLifeUnlimited with host, Stephanie Staples.\n\nI spoke on the virtues of volunteerism and how it contributes to your leadership development, not to mention other INNERpreneurial skills.\n\nYou can read more about INNERpreneurship in my previous post -\xa0TDK043 - 101 Questions About INNERpreneurs\n\nINNERpreneurship has been coined in the 2007 book "Karma Queens, Geek Gods and INNERpreneurs". Unlike entrepreneurs, INNERpreneurs are also called "agents of change". INNERpreneurship defined - " INNERpreneurs use their facets to find personal fulfillment and growth, creatively, spiritually, emotionally... and create social change". That is probably the most fundamental definition of a charity, good will or NGO organization.\n\nFor the full article go to my ezine page - Volunteerism; Your Calling Into Leadership\n\nUsing my recent trip as\xa0videographer with NOJF\xa0to Vietnam in March of 2014, I reflect on how a simple question got the documentary produced with Shaw TV. Shortly after, the second question was asked of me, \u201cDo you want to be our videographer?\u201d. These are examples of how asking a simple question, can yield the greatest results and your opportunity to personal growth; your leadership growth.\n\nThat is 1 of several reasons why I decided to team with No Ordinary Journey Foundation, as this children\u2019s charity is an excellent example of an INNERpreneurship, while also drawing upon the volunteerism efforts of many talented health care professionals who are contributing their free time and skillset.\n\nYou can listen to the entire 1 hour archive at YourLifeUnlimited Talk Show with Host Stephanie Staples \u2013 INNERpreneurship\n\nThis emphasizes how important for us as leaders to ask simple questions of people around us, wether team members or not. If it wasn\u2019t for these simple questions, the documentary would not have transpired, nor other important segways such as my personal leadership development.\n\nPleasure having a discussion on voluntarim with host Stephanie Staples on CJOB Corus Entertainment\n\nThe more leadership opportunities we challenge ourselves with, the more leadership skills we will accumulate. Some stop, but others continue to persue their leadership growth continuously throughout their working lives.\n\nMy closing inspirational words were to encourage others to volunteer their time to a charity dear to their hearts exemplifying the true virtues of INNERpreneurship - your personal growth which creates social change.