There is only one of you in all of time

The words below sit on my desk as a daily reminder of why I get up every morning and embrace each day with passion and purpose.  

They are by Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) the American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence that Picasso had on the modern visual arts.

"There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action

and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.  

And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost."

The purpose of everyone's life is to be the best one-of-a-kind that we can be.

A key purpose of leadership is to inspire people to bring their uniqueness to their work.

I define leadership as the art of inspiring people to bring everything remarkable that they are to everything they do.

Leadership usually falters without management.  For many management is still about planning, directing, organising, and controlling people.

I believe that kind of management to be a hangover from the industrial revolution and we all have a headache as a result.

Management for me is actually the practice of making it simple for people to bring everything remarkable that they are to everything they do.

Leadership is all about people and management all about systems and processes.  People can be lead.  They can't be managed.

Most of the challenges in our world today have much to do with trying to manage people and a failure to lead them.

In my Changing What's Normal Talent Maximisation Seminar, the only presentation I do that is open to the public, I address these issues and share my latest insights from my real world work.

For the Melbourne seminar on June 6th the registration desk closes at 5 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time 31st May.  The Adelaide seminar (June 12th) registration desk closes 5th June and the Sydney seminar (June 18th) registration desk closes 11th June.

Details and registration.

To arrange a seminar in your city please get in touch with me.

Be the difference you want to see in the world.

Ian