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In This Issue
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Quote of the Month
Leading from the Heart
Leadership is Influence
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The Power of Planning
Feb 5, 2010
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Understanding Attitudes: The Key to Effective
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Feb 12, 2010
Nonprofit Connect, KC
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Feb 20, 2010
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Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. 

-Mark Twain

 American Writer
 (1835-1910)

 

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Purposeful News
January 2010
Greetings!
 
Happy New Year to all of you! I hope your planning is done, your goals are set, and you are ready to work the plan! Let's make 2010 a fabulous year to remember!
 
This month I want to share how a heart connection with those around us creates a pathway for influence and a powerful force for change.
 
Leadership is influence. We don't have to have an official title or position to be a leader. Competent and caring people influence others by how they live their lives.
 
How will your life influence someone today? 
 
Lead in love,
 
Janna

Janna Rust
Coach & Founder
 
P.S. Some of you have expressed interested in coming to one of my workshops so I've included upcoming events in the right sidebar. Feel free to check them out! 
Leading from the Heart
 
With leadership comes great responsibility. Leadership requires more than vision casting, goal setting, project planning & task management. With leadership comes the role of a shepherd, to care for those under your charge, ensuring their safety and ongoing development.
  
Great leadership combines competence with compassion.
 
To lead from the heart:
 
  • BE AVAILABLE to your "flock" for counseling on personal matters. A listening ear and a kind word can help get them back on track professionally.
  • BE PROTECTIVE of your direct reports. Let them know you are on their team.
  • BE WATCHFUL for new opportunities. Don't be selfish with your star performers. Let them take on new roles when they arise. The more they succeed the better you look!
  • BE REAL. Live and lead authentically, sharing your failures along with your successes. Real people develop loyal followers.
 
Great leadership extends from the heart. How heartfelt is your leadership style? If you have anything to add to my list from your experience, leave a comment here by clicking the comment link where indicated. We'd love to hear from you!
 
Connecting Learning with Leading
  1. How well do you lead from the heart?
  2. What can you do this week to show your direct reports how much you care?
Leadership is Influence 
 
Leadership. It's all about influence. Without influence, effective leadership does not exist, yet too many people in positions of responsibility rely solely on their official title, assuming they have influence on their direct reports.

They may have less influence than they know.

Influence comes from more than just a title. While position carries some influence, true influence happens with a heart connection.

Influence can be effortless. When we live from a place of authenticity and integrity with humility and a servant's heart, showing vulnerability, people will be compelled to follow.

A true leader needs no title or position. Leaders influence with their lives.

On numerous occasions, I can't help but think about a dear friend's influence in my life. We didn't work for the same company, but shared a mutual respect and a passion for a common cause.

Because of her influence, I sip coffee from a porcelain mug, listen to instrumental music while writing for focus, and smile about the wireless mouse we both love because it has the fastest scrolling capabilities on the planet. That's influence. I'm surrounded by and forever changed by her influence and I don't even know how it happened.

Competent, caring leaders with influence have the potential to change the world by just doing what they do, being who they are. They don't need titles or position.

Who do you need to be so you can be a person of influence?
 How will you become that person?
 
 
As a Certified Professional Behavior, Values & TriMetrix Analyst, I can help you or your organization develop leadership skills that will contribute to the "bottom line" through the use of the DISC, Motivators, Personal Talent Skills Inventory and TriMetrix Benchmarking assessments.  Contact me for details at 913-219-7844.