It have been so many leadership disappointments in the news. Sometimes, I just don't want to take them in. It is hard to believe we are so willing to settle for so little from the leaders we elect, pay and follow.
In times like these I like to turn to the great leadership sages for inspiration and to revitalize my spirit and belief in the power of true authentic leadership. Today it was turning to Peter F. Drucker's wisdom for inspiration:
"When I was thirteen I had an inspiring teacher of religion who one day went right through the class of boys asking each one, "What do you want to be remembered for? None of us, of course, could give an answer. So, he chuckled and said, "I didn't expect you to be able to answer it. But if you still can't answer it by the time you're fifty, you will have wasted your life."
I'm always asking that question: "What do you want to be remembered for?" It is a question that induces you to renew yourself, because it pushes you to see yourself as a different person---the person you can become. If you are fortunate, someone with moral authority will ask you that question early enough in life so that you will continue to ask it as you go through life. It is a question that induces you to renew yourself, because it pushes you to see yourself as a different person---the person you can become."
---- Peter F. Drucker
Self-Renewal - The Daily Drucker
It seems we all need to become. Hurry! The world is calling for a new generation of leadership.
Debbe Kennedy
Founder, Global Dialogue Center
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