5 LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM 5 AMAZING WOMAN

5 LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM 5 AMAZING WOMAN .

  

Throughout my life, I have been an extremely lucky because I have been blessed by the inspiration, motivation, empowerment, encouragement, support, and love of several amazing women.  These positive experiences with my mother, grandmother, friends, colleagues, and female mentors have created an incredible appreciation for women.  It has shown me the amazing impact that a great woman can have on an individual's life.  In essence, I have discovered throughout the years that an amazing woman has the power to not only positively enhance the life of a child, husband, friend, organization, significant other, or family, but also greatly impact a community, nation, and world.  As we celebrate the amazing women in all our lives this month, I want to take the time to highlight five specific leadership skills that we can learn from five great women that have positively impacted our communities, nation, and world.

LESSON #1
Clara Barton teaches us about the POWER OF SERVICE!
When I think about great leaders, I think about men and women who have great hearts of service.  They help others, impact the lives of those around them, and make our world a better place.  Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross taught us about not only the power of service, but  the importance of helping and serving those in need.  As we celebrate the amazing women of our past and present, let's continue their leadership legacy of service to others.

LESSON #2
Oprah Winfrey teaches us about the POWER OF RESILIENCE!
When I think about great leaders, I think about men and women who have impacted several people's lives and have achieved huge levels of success because they possessed great resilience.  In essence, when challenges, negative circumstances, and obstacles manifested, these leaders did not allow the challenge to stop them.  Instead, these powerful leaders adapted, persevered, overcame, and refused to allow anyone or anything stand between them and destiny.  Oprah Winfrey, one of the most powerful women in the 21st Century overcame a variety of challenging situations and circumstances in her life and is an amazing example of resiliency.  As we celebrate the amazing woman of our past and present, let's continue their leadership legacy of resiliency.

LESSON #3
Mother Teresa teaches us about the POWER OF LOVE!
When I think about great leaders, I think about men and women who have made a tremendous impact in the world because they have allowed their love for people or a cause empower them to do some great things in the world.  Mother Teresa is an amazing woman who traveled the world helping the poor, serving the broken hearted, empowering people who were in distress, sacrificing her personal desires for others, and providing wisdom to many different world leaders.  She teaches us about the power of leading with love and is a great example of how we should conduct ourselves if we are going to lead with love in the 21st Century.  As we celebrate the amazing woman of our past and present, let's continue their leadership legacy of leading with love.

LESSON #4
Harriet Tubman teaches us about the POWER OF PURPOSE!
When I think about great leaders, I think about men and women who have impacted many people's lives, inspired millions of people with their story, and have done some incredible work in the world because they led with a purpose.  In essence, these amazing leaders had a positive passionate set of reasons "why" they were serving the people or cause they chose to serve as a leader.  Harriet Tubman, a remarkable woman who saved so many lives during slavery not only exemplifies the qualities of a great leader, but teaches us the power that comes to a leader who leads with purpose.  As we celebrate the amazing woman of our past and present, let's continue their leadership legacy of leading with purpose.

LESSON #5
Susan B. Anthony teaches us about the POWER OF COURAGE!
When I think about great leaders, I think about men and women who have great courage to act for the betterment of others regardless of the fear, challenges, obstacles, uncertainties, and negative situations.  Susan B. Anthony stood up for the rights and betterment of women.  She has taught us about the impact that can be made when we have the courage to stand for what is right as leaders.  In addition, she has taught us that great leaders must have courage to stand and fight for the betterment of the people they serve as leaders. As we celebrate the amazing woman of our past and present, let's continue their leadership legacy of courage.
There is definitely a lot of amazing woman who can be highlighted in this month's newsletter, but I decided to focus on these five amazing women because they are great examples of the powerful contributions that many women leaders have made to our community, nation, and world!    

The POWER of SELF-AWARENESS!

LEADING WITH LOVE!

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THE POWER OF VISION

Approximately ten years ago, I was at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California having an in-depth discussion with a speaking mentor of mine.  During our two hour discussion, he looked me in the eyes at said, "What are the three keys to success?"  My response was, "I am not sure.  I believe there are several key things that lead a person to success in life".  Then, he said, "That is true to a certain extent.  But, several years ago, the most successful people had a meeting about success, and by the end of the discussion, they all agreed that vision, passion, and execution are the three most important keys to success".  At the time I heard these words spoken, I was shocked to find out that these three attributes were considered the most important keys to personal success.  That conversation was a significant moment in my life and was something I thought about for several years.

Subsequently, after years of studying the keys to personal, career, and leadership success, I finally was able to gain a greater understanding into why my mentor believed that vision, passion, and execution are three key attributes every individual must possess and apply if they desire to obtain success at any level.  Ironically, during this powerful moment, I saw how much of an impact vision, passion, and execution can have on individual's life.  After more reflection, I realized that vision is the key that unlocks passion and execution in a person's life.  In essence, it's the vision (the ultimate goal discovered from within to make a positive impact) that ignites the passion and execution in an individual life.  So if you're going find your passion, develop a plan for success, and  obtain personal, career, or leadership success, you must have a VISION!

Steve Jobs, George Carver, Bill Gates, Clara Barton, and Walt Disney are several examples of passionate men and women who have obtained great personal, career, and leadership success because of vision.  The reason I believe each of these leaders are great examples of this concept; they all had the courage and ability to create and pursue a vision which impacted the world and enabled them to experience great success.  Steve Jobs, one of the greatest innovators of our time, was able to impact the world through his vision to create the best and most original products the world has ever seen.  George Carver, an amazing inventor, transformed the world through his innovative ideas turning peanuts, soybeans, and other plants into plastics, paint, fuel, and other useful products.  Bill Gates, one of the wealthiest men in the world, has impacted the lives of people everywhere through his vision to put a computer in every household and workplace in America.  Walt Disney, the creator of the Disneyland, has impacted families worldwide because he had a vision to create an amusement park of cartoon characters where parents and children could have fun together.  And lastly, Clara Barton, the creator of the American Red Cross, has impacted millions of people who have found themselves in disastrous situations.  She had a vision to help those in desperate need through voluntary actions of individual people.

The powerful thing about each of these passionate and amazing leaders is they exemplify the power of vision and reveal to us key attributes of an effective vision.  For example, when you look at each of the visions created, you will find that every vision was big, clear, concise, and captivating to those who shared the same interest as these different leaders.  In addition to these four specific attributes, you will also discover that that each of the visions has the same ultimate goal - make an impact in the world.  Essentially, when we create our visions for career, personal, and leadership success, our vision should be a big, clear, concise and as we learned have the ultimate goal to make an impact in our community, nation, or world.

Even though it can be challenging at times to really discover and develop your personal, career, or leadership vision, I challenge you to join me and many others leaders across the country in positioning ourselves for personal, career, and leadership in 2013 by developing an effective vision that will inspire us to reach out fullest potential and empower us to make our community, nation, and world a better place!