The Impact and Influence of a Leader

Kate Atkin

Members of experiential business learning group, Directors Forum 9,  spent the day recently exploring their ‘Impact and Influence as a Leader’, including examining their indispensability factor to their organisation …

We worked with Kate Atkin to explore our ‘EPL’; our ETHOS, PATHOS and LOGOS.

Ethos being our business and personal credibility, built on our track record, experience, qualifications, knowledge and gravitas; often leading to referrals.

Pathos being our empathy and understanding, built on our ability to ask great questions, truly listen and check understanding.

Logos being the facts, figures and information that we use in our reasoned arguments.

We established that our school days taught us to start with Logos, however, when working with humans we’re often much better to start with Pathos and Ethos.

We also discussed the statements “You are your business – What Impact Are You Making?” and “What changes in behaviour create the ‘right’ impression?”

By the end of the day we had a much greater understanding of the ripples, waves and tsunamis that we cause as leaders in our organisations.

Joanna Jesson

Kate proved to be an excellent trainer, adapting her material to the content presented in the members’s Goal Reviews and the emerging needs.

Joanna Jesson,
Chairman – Directors Forum Group 9

The Academy for Chief Executives, a leading provider of experiential business learning® facilitates peer groups of CEOs and Managing Directors who meet together every month to network and take full advantage of experiential learning. To hear great speakers like this every month and engage in The Board You Could Never Afford®, to find out more about the Herts, Beds & Bucks Group, or to find a local group near you, visit www.chiefexecutive.com.

 

Visions and Legacies – Beyond Goal-Setting

Jessica Richards (pictured, right) is the most frequently booked Academy speaker of all time according to the summaries we receive on a monthly basis. Listening to one of her very interactive workshops and participating in it, members of Surrey-based Academy Group 11 completely understood why this is the case.

Jessica is the epitome of professionalism and is completely painstaking in all of the detail that goes into her session on “Visions and Legacies – Beyond Goal-Setting”. Her 30 minute session at the start to relax the members is hugely effective (in fact, a couple of members even nodded off!). Her methodology of taking the CEOs present down the timeline: five, ten, fifteen, twenty five and fifty years into the future is amazing. One of the members became quite emotional with this part of the workshop.

Huge importance is put on the value of intuition, i.e. “if it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it”. Use the technique of looking back as a method for what you do in the future. Jessica’s method for relaxing is sensational and should be used by everyone. Walking the time line as a precursor to goal-setting is awesome. Map out a new pathway for yourself following on from what you dream about – turn this into a paradigm for the future.

In many cases, this confirmed the member’s personal life plan and opened their eyes to the opportunity that lies ahead for them to use this same methodology with their employees. Have a bigger picture as a steady frame of reference, especially in uncertain times. Recognise employees who don’t share your own values and prioritise your importance with working with those people.

“From the stand point of take-away value and as a precursor to goal-setting, this session is not only valuable, but in my opinion, essential before anyone sets out to create meaningful life goals. As always, this is a not-to-be-missed session.”

Joe Adams,
Chairman, Academy Group 11

The Academy for Chief Executives, a leading provider of experiential business learning® facilitates peer groups of CEOs and Managing Directors who meet together every month to network and take full advantage of experiential learning. To hear great speakers like this every month and engage in The Board You Could Never Afford®, or to find a local group near you, visit www.chiefexecutive.com.