Golden Circles

I was recommended to listen to the Ted talk that can be found on http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html  which introduces the simple but powerful idea of "the Golden circles"- the inner circle represents why we do what we do, the next circle how we do what we do and the outer circle what we do.  The speaker is eloquently making the point that inspirational leaders inspire others to action because they deeply connect with the "why" of what they do and instances Apple as a successful company that does just that.

So why do I do what I do? because I believe that we can all exercise leadership firstly of ourselves and then others and we do this by cultivating our own awareness of who we are (our personality), what is important to us (our beliefs and values) and our unique talents (which I think of as "gifts") and strengths.  This belief underpins my approach to leadership development and why I believe that starting with self is so important in developing leadership of others.

This also informs the "How" of what I do- my use of personality psychometrics to further explore a persons style preferences, values indicators to facilitate exploration of what matters to people and strength finder resources (such as "Realise 2") to enable people to connect with not just the things they are good at, but also the things that energise them.

Both of these circles inform the "what" of what I do- providing a leadership development service to managers (primarily in the public sector) and a creative WILD (women in leadership development) programme for emerging leaders.

So, why do you do what you do?