Each Friday I present something inspirational here and try to connect the dots to our leadership role – and aid in our personal or even our organizational leadership development.

Today that takes the form of a simple couplet that I first read in David Schwartz’s classic The Magic of Thinking Big.

What kind of world
would this world be,
If everyone in it
were just like me?

Schwartz then adds a version that it even more valuable to us as leaders.

What kind of company
would this company be,
If everyone in it
were just like me?

Let me add a third . . .

What kind of leaders
would your company grow,
If the only model
were the seeds that you sow?

There are many things that we can do as leaders that will make a difference.

But few of them are more important than the model we present to those we lead.

Forget your organizational leadership development process and remember the role you play . . .  in developing yourself, and those you lead.

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Kevin Eikenberry is a recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He has spent over 30 years helping organizations across North America, and leaders from around the world, on leadership, learning, teams and teamwork, communication and more.

Twice he has been named by Inc.com as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World and 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference. The American Management Association named him a “Leaders to Watch” and he has been twice named as one of the World's Top 30 Leadership Professionals by Global Gurus. Top Sales World has named him a Top Sales & Marketing Influencer several times, and his blog has been named on many “best of” lists. LeadersHum has named him one of the 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership in 2023.

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