What is Leaderpalooza?

On February 19 and 20, 2010 I attended an extraordinary event; a celebration of leaders on a mission to share their passion for authenticity, people, and doing what’s right.

The experience inspired me to produce the presentation below. I have also included a selection of quotes from the conference and a brainstorm of daily actions that lead change.

If you are unable to view the presentation, the transcript follows. To view the presentation with transitions, you can download it here.

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Transcript

• I believe in a cause…
• A cause that unites like-minded people…
• People who care about people
• People who choose right over wrong…
• People who want to tell the world that it’s ok to choose right
• Because choosing right is the right thing to do
• Because right leads to: success, integrity, change, character, impact, peace
• Leaderlooza… is a gathering of people who care to do the right thing
• Who focus on daily actions and conversations…
• Who fight for authenticity & respect for people
• Who transform the places where we live and work…
• It’s time…
• Get Ready to Lead Change!
• Follow the leadchange movement…
• Web: http://www.leadchangegroup.com/
• Twitter: hashtag #Leadchange

A Selection of Lead Change Quotes from Leaderpalooza

By Mike Henry, Vicki Henry, Chris Zaucha, David Wachs, Deb Costello, Don Shapiro, Erin Schreyer, Jane Perdue, Fanny Korman                , Jim Holland, Susan Mazza, Mark Oakes, Monica Diaz, and Steve Keating.

• Just talking about being ethical, trusting, respectful is not enough.
• Passion combines us.
• When it’s real, you want to lead.
• Integrity matters, the truth matters.
• We leave prepared to be personally responsible for causing a movement of character-based leadership in our own unique way and have a way to support each other and to continue to evolve.
• We believe that leaders of character inspire and have deep and profound, positive impact in their communities.
• Causing and modeling REAL leadership Builds Ethical Accountable Loving Leaders.
• To follow we need to trust.
• It’s about sincere connections.
• Being able to deliver on a promise… makes you magnetic.
• The leader believes that he can make a vision happen and this makes him magnetic.
• If you want to be a character-based leader, stand up and say it. Do it with purpose.
• Integrity – words and actions must match.
• Professional and personal integrity must overlap.
• Character-based leadership isn’t easy, as a group we can help each other stay accountable to lead change.

Daily Actions that Lead Change

• Remember to say thank you.
• Don’t take others for grated.
• Demonstrate respect for people in all levels of life.
• Listen to what others have to say with my eyes and ears.
• Being the same whether people are looking or not.
• Holding myself accountable for what I do.
• Be consistent, act according to my beliefs in everything I do.
• Find someone doing something right and make it public.
• Serve others. What things are important for them and make it important for you.
• Do something that people don’t expect you to do.
• Be present so that they feel important.
• Invest in people; spend time to get to know them.
• We get too busy and we don’t invest in people.
• In all your actions you impact the results and you impact people as well.
• Evaluate our contribution instead of our return and what we receive.
• Valuing others as a personal practice instead of waiting  for them to achieve it.
• Thank and value people for who they are.
• Be out there and encourage people to speak up and step up – it’s about encouragement.

If you would like to read other posts written about the LeaderPalooza experience you can start here Lead Change Group.  Links to other participant posts are included.

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