Recognizing Leadership Qualities
Leadership comes in many forms. In the family, a father is considered the leader of the home; in team sports, the captain or skipper is considered the leader of the team; while the CEO or manager is considered the leader in a company or organizations. The leaders in all three examples have something in common, which is that they guide, manage, and direct others to accomplish different tasks. In the case of the father, his work is to ensure everybody is taken care of in the family financially and otherwise. That of the captain of a team sport is to ensure the other members of his or her team effectively carry out their jobs, and the team wins every match they play. While the job of the CEO or manager is to ensure all employees do their jobs properly and the company is always making a profit.
Most Requested Leadership Speakers
In general, a person with strong leadership qualities has the capability of making planned and visionary goals and convincing others to pursue these goals. A leader does this by setting specific goals and then motivating others and instilling in them the desire to succeed and achieve those goals. A good leader does not only talk the talk, but he also walks the walk by ensuring he steps up in periods of crisis, and can think creatively in dire situations.
Increase Your Leadership Skills
There are individuals who are what they call natural born leaders; probably due to the fact of where they grew up or their past experiences, they developed strong leadership skills. However, the good thing is that everybody can learn and improve their leadership skills through proper mentoring, guidance, and coaching by individuals who have vast leadership skills. These individuals are known as leadership speakers; they lecture people on various leadership skills and how to become effective leaders. They also help people hone their leadership skills so as to become better leaders.WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
"Mike Forde was an excellent selection as a keynote speaker. His ability to educate an audience on the many facets of true management, whether it be of people, brands or products was a huge success with my audience of b to b companies and their marketing agencies. His presentation was a fresh approach for how to make sound, fact-based business decisions…while at the same time leveraging his life experience in the world of sports management. His appearance was fresh, insightful and educational. He was approachable, his presentation was well thought out and he was easy to work with prior to the event. He was even engaged with the audience well past the time he was scheduled to be on-site. I would definitely recommend him to any event producer."
Hanley Wood
"Mike Forde is one of the best speakers I have ever experienced in over 10 years of running international conferences for sport and business. He is able to captivate any audience with his world class knowledge of “Performance” and his unparalleled experience dealing with some of the biggest names in business and sport around the world. He has gravitas and humour in equal supply making him a rising star on the global speaker circuit."
Leaders
“I wanted to write to thank you for your incredible presentation. You were hands down the hit of the conference. People are still stopping me in the hallways and calling me to -- well, gush, actually. They can't say enough about how much they enjoyed listening to you. Your remarks on leadership and teamwork really hit home with a lot of people here, not to mention how entertained everyone was with your anecdotes and your style. Anyway, Mike, thanks again for the amazing energy you brought with you and for your wonderful ability to connect with an audience. You really started off the conference with class.”Suncor Energy
“Thank you for helping to make this the successful event it was! I thought you might be interested in the following feedback from the participants: “Speaker was dynamic, enthusiastic, humorous, and inspiring on leadership topic.”Alberta Government
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