Earlier this month I distilled Start with Why by Simon Sinek down to the simple principle of leading with purpose. If you haven’t checked it out, take a look because giving your team a purpose (ie. a why) is something that will truly inspire your team to follow you.
Below is my first Drawn to Lead book study video. I am really excited for you all to check it out. In the session I am joined by two amazing leaders and friends:
Justin Meeker, CTO at Skin Clique
Alicia Howson, COO at Exercise.com
Our book study digs deep into the idea of purpose and we discuss the following concepts:
The difference between your purpose as an Individual Contributor vs as a leader
Why giving your team the HOW and WHAT without the WHY is detrimental to speed
Should you only have one WHY?
The importance of communicating your WHY regularly
I hope you take a chance to watch it all. The insights shared will really help you look at this principle from a number of angles and will hopefully make the idea stick even more. I cut out a few key clips for you that stood out and the full session is at the bottom.
Let me know what you think and if we should do more of these!
🎞️ CLIP 1: The Story of the Two Stone Masons
This is my favorite story in the book and highlights the power of purpose. The story of two stone masons shows that giving your team something bigger to work towards can change the way they approach and even experience their jobs.
🎞️ CLIP 2: The Simple Reason for Why
It’s not only important to have a WHY, it’s also important to communicate it to your team regularly. Just having them know the WHAT without the WHY, will having them make choices that might not be the best for your organization.
🎞️ CLIP 3: A Simple Framework for Getting a Why
Alicia shares a quick story when she would ask her leader a simple question in order to really understand the purpose that would supercharge her ability to do the HOW and the WHAT.
🎞️ CLIP 4: More than a Title
Justin talks about how a title doesn’t give you a purpose, it just gives you a place of greater impact which makes purpose even more important.
WATCH THE FULL BOOK STUDY SESSION
Sit back and relax as we dig deep into leading with purpose. And please let me know what you think in the comments or via email. This is the first one of these and we want to continue to get better every time!
More to come.
Kacy @ Drawn to Lead