There are no half-measures when it comes to expressing your leadership. Knowing what concerns others may have about your vision is one thing; addressing them is quite another. In this episode of The Illumify Game Changer, the leader is asked to find the words to resolve those very concerns.
Show Notes
0:01:00 Reference Cards: Illumify Definition and Guidelines
0:08:25 Amplify Card 34: What can you say to resolve their concerns?
0:09:25 This vision is not a list. It’s a sphere, a collection of ideas that work together in tension with each other.
0:14:15 We start with freedom, and choose our own path.
0:17:25 Vision not a place of refuge but a solution.
0:20:20 It’s more important than ever that today we tell a true story about our past.
0:22:05 Can we find a way to organize ourselves that echoes the questions we face within our own selves?
0:25:25 We wake up every morning as humans, not as job seekers.
0:31:30 It’s perfectly understandable to worry about “strangers”.
0:33:40 Examples of pivotal historical events in Europe that speak to its value of freedom.
0:38:12 The truth of the European story is that we are a continent of refugees. All of us.
0:41:20 Is defending one’s home from others coming in a concern?
0:45:30 That’s where the story we tell is so important.
0:48:20 Are we able to tell the truth?
0:51:55 The real diversity is the one inside of us.
0:54:44 This is where we have to expand our notion of what “home” is.
0:58:40 You can be attached to your (former) home, and carry it with you.
1:00:25 “We are all united in our need for home.”
1:03:55 You have to be aware of their real-time concerns and address them as well.
1:05:42 You can’t just switch off the light without empowering them on what they can do about it.
1:06:00 Final Answer
1:11:00 The metaphor of the visionary as a film director.
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