There are notes from a toastmaster leadership training. It was very good. Any inaccuracies is the fault of the note taker.
– A new investor of a big company invested $10 to a small company and lost it all. He thought he would be fired. Vice president says why fire you when we have just invested $10 mill in your training.
– Top-notch leaders are adventurous. They are unafraid of change. They are comfortable in being in situations others find uncomfortable.
– One CEO tried to fly a balloon around the world. Someone beat him to it. But he had tried.
– Teddy Roosevelt incensed about the Spanish attacking Cuba. He retired and hired a small army called the rough riders. He helped win the war. He later became the 26th President of the United States.
– You might consider yourself to be the adventurous type. The speaker had to find a new job so he could devote as much time as he wanted to toastmasters.
– Maybe you don’t consider yourself adventurous and stay at a hotel that is less than 5 stars.
– One organization did a survey to determine leadership qualities. T
The third leadership trait is leaderships who are inspiring.
Second: leaders who are forward-looking.
The first trait is honesty.
– New CPO of Microsoft book: nonviolent communication to his management.
– If you can be emphatic and honest, you can be a great leader.
– A good leader needs to be able to run circles around their team. TM leaders set up the meeting in advance. Arrange presenters. Clean up afterward.
– Other leaders need to get the necessary info and plans material and equipment for jobs. And check quality.
– Consider a pyramid put a line in the middle. On top half cut in half again. On top of that cut another half. You can expect to delegate a task and expect it to be done. You need to train your staff are trained in their jobs. You need to see which members of your staff can be delegated a difficult task and they will do it. There are also those members who are not as responsible.
– Toast Master staff: leaders made at toastmasters are made by doing. They do the projects in Toastmasters and learn to lead by doing that.
– You manage things and you lead people. Have you ever heard of anyone managing a horse to water? Managers need to learn how to lead people.
– We have the evaluation program to leader people and to encourage them.
– Teddy Roosevelt paraphrase: speak softly and carry a big stick. And where or not you need to manage things or lead people leader your people with an adventurous leader. Be honest and empathetic and you will go far.
– Resolutions:
– One person makes a life plan on how he will live the current year.
– Resolution: firm decision to or not to do something.
– Story: 1973: the United States had been involved in the Vietnam War. Sign the Paris peace agreement. Turned down drafts three times writer said that the best I can do. Kissinger: “I will read it.”
– In or positions of leadership do we do the best we can do?
– Challenge of 2020 to give the best we have to our clubs.
