It was fantastic to meet and work with you at the 6th Annual Pharma HR Forum in Barcelona!  I enjoyed filling in as the chair for the conference as well as the opportunity to share with you portions of both my Leadership Pilgrimage and the Building a Message that Motivates workshops.   I am confident that you found the forum as valuable as I did.  

  

I believe that leadership is like a personal pilgrimage, much like the pilgrimage made by both medieval and modern pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James. 

The Camino is a UNESCO World Heritage site honoring the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain, where medieval pilgrims believed they would find the remains of St. James the Apostle of Jesus.  They also believed that because of the journey they would receive freedom from penance due to sins committed in this life.  While the motivations for making the pilgrimage have changed, to this day, thousands continue the journey.

To achieve our full potential, each of us must embark on a similar pilgrimage of personal development and mastery.  However, in today's world, we are often so bombarded by day-to-day pressures that we don't stop and reflect on our own unique role and purpose at work or in life.  Discovering this is akin to a personal pilgrimage in self leadership.  

As discussed in Barcelona, I believe there are eight crucial lessons of personal leadership, including:  

It would be a pleasure to facilitate this and/or other Magnify L&D workshops for you and your organization or as a public workshop in your area.  When booking workshops in Europe our travel costs are calculated from our office in Madrid.  We are currently booking workshops in Europe for September of 2011.  Please don't hesitate to contact us for more information.  

  

As they say on the Camino,