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The Secret of Inspirational Leadership

by Alexander Green

In the business world, physical assets are essential. Patents and

Trademarks are invaluable. Positive cash flow is wonderful. But,

At the very heart of things, every organization is essentially a team

Of people. And just as every sports franchise needs a great coach,

Every organization needs an inspiring leader. Because if the team

Isn’t rowing in the same direction the right direction – you won’t get far.

I was reminded of this Saturday evening while attending a

Fundraising event for the American Cancer Society at the Royal

Pacific Resort in Orlando. The keynote speaker was one of

America’s all-time great football coaches Lou Holtz.

Holtz is not just a multiple winner of "Coach of the Year" honors.

He is the only coach in NCAA history to lead six different programs

To bowl games. And the only coach to have four different teams reach

Final top 20 rankings.

Throughout his career, Holtz earned a reputation for both developing

Winning teams and quickly rebuilding broken ones. He has written

Five books on leadership.

Don’t let him fool you. Lou Holtz is a living example of inspirational

Leadership. I hadn’t intended to take notes, but a minute and a half

Into his talk I was scouring the table for a cocktail napkin.

"Leadership begins with recognizing that everybody needs four

Things," said Holtz, "something to do, someone to love, something

To hope for, and something to believe in. Strategic plans don’t excite

Anybody. Dreams excite people… And every employee, every team

Member, wants to know the same thing: do you really care about me?

Every successful organization shows its people they genuinely matter."

You may not coach a university football team or run a Fortune 500

Company. But I’ll bet you are in a position to provide inspirational

Leadership. How? First, by setting an example. Second, by letting

The people around you know how important they are.

In Forbes last year, columnist Rich Karlgaard related a story he was

Told by Nancy Ortberg, an emergency room nurse who was finishing

Up work one night before heading home.

"The doctor with whom I was working was debriefing a new

Doctor, who had done a very respectable, competent job, telling

Him what he’d done well and what he could have done differently.

"Then he put his hand on the young doctor’s shoulder and said,

‘When you finished, did you notice the young man from housekeeping

Who came in to clean the room?’ There was a completely blank look

On the young doctor’s face.

"The older doctor said, ‘His name is Carlos. He’s been here for

Three years. He does a fabulous job. When he comes in he gets the

Room turned around so fast that you and I can get our next patients

In quickly. His wife’s name is Maria. They have four children.’

Then he named each of the four children and gave each child’s age.

"The older doctor went on to say, ‘He lives in a rented house

About three blocks from here, in Santa Ana. They’ve been up from

Mexico for about five years. His name is Carlos,’ he repeated.

Then he said, ‘Next week I would like you to tell me something

About Carlos that I don’t already know. Okay? Now, let’s go

Check on the rest of the patients."

Ortberg recalls: "I remember standing there writing my nursing

Notes – stunned – and thinking, I have just witnessed breathtaking

Leadership."

Fostering mutual respect among colleagues is perhaps the most

Important ingredient for building and sustaining a healthy

Organization. It is people who matter most.

Yes, business will always be about meeting the deadline,

Closing the deal, finishing the project and growing the business.

But if your work life is nothing more than the single-minded

Pursuit of wealth, recognition and accomplishment, you will

Wake up one day and find that something is still missing.

That’s because true success is not just about achieving your

Dreams. It’s about helping those around you reach theirs, too.

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