How Great Leaders Inspire

So, from time to time, I go to a website called TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Dersign. It's about sharing ideas that are worth spreading. Several times a year, TED sponsors conferences in different world cities that feature exceptional human beings giving short presentations to a live audience. The intent of these presentations is to engage and inspire. Though these talks are given to a live audience, they are available to everyone free on demand as streaming video on the TED website (www.ted.com).  Spreading the seeds of worthy ideas is a very good thing, and the folks at TED do it very effectively.

I just watched a presentation by Simon Sinek, a man with a compelling idea about why some people and some ideas are successful and others are not. It turns out, it's about motivation; about how one sees the world, and makes choices based on what is perceived to really matter.  Great leaders are able to motivate because they are driven by compelling purpose that others can relate to and readily embrace. Informed conviction is a key element of successful leadership efforts.

Sinek wrote a book about his inspiration. The title is Start With Why...

Here is a link to Simon Sinek's very compelling TED presentation...
 http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2013-01-04&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email