The top joke from the Edinburgh Fringe (according to the Independent anyway) was awarded this year to Joe Lycett: “What do we want!? More research into a cure for ADHD! When do we want it!? Let’s play swingball!”
I don’t know who invented ‘Swingball’ – but the slightly leaning pole surrounded by holes in the ground is an important part of our back garden. We recently had to replace ours because someone hit the ball so hard it came off the string and disappeared into the hedge!
Although life can spiral up and down – and up again, I suspect “life is like a game of Swingball” is a quote that will never catch on! Generally speaking we want to go somewhere with our lives, rather than just hanging on tight and going round in circles.
So, where do you want to go? Do you know? For those who are leaders it falls on you to help your team develop a clear vision of the future. But without a vision for your own life and personal development you could find yourself going round in circles – and it’s no use expecting your team to build a vision of the future unless you lead by example.
So for this blog, our challenge to you is:
- Where are you going?
- Who do you want to be?
- What impact do you want to have?
- And above all, why?
We’ve been running programmes that make you think for, well, quite a while, and we’ve been asked many times what else we can do to take our principles a step further? How can we build them into the way we develop our leaders to transform our organisations?
Well, the answer is finally here. In November and December 2013 we are running, in conjunction with ‘The Living Leader’, a three day Personal Leadership Programme that does all this and more.
If you were inspired by The Art of Being Brilliant then this programme will make you think and then help you to make it happen!
For further details email peter@artofbrilliance.co.uk