Risk & Business Magazine Gifford Associates Fall 2017 | Page 12

BE LIKE YOUR HEROES Be A Better Leader BE MORE LIKE YOUR HEROES! R ecently I was at a workshop with my good friend designer Ayse Birsel. Ayse has created a program that helps leaders Design the Life You Love. During the program, Ayse asked us (the participants) to list our heroes. • Peter Drucker, Father of Modern Management • Bob Tannenbaum, UCLA Professor • • Alan Mulally – extremely generous, great teacher Warren Bennis, Renowned Leadership Expert • Paul Hersey – extremely generous, great teacher • Richard Beckhard, World Leading Organizational Development Consultant • Peter Drucker – extremely generous, great teacher • • Buddha Bob Tannenbaum – extremely generous, great teacher • Warren Bennis — extremely generous, great teacher • Richard Beckhard — extremely generous, great teacher I made my list. Here are some of the people who were on my list. • Frances Hesselbein, Former Girl Scout CEO • Alan Mulally, Former Ford CEO • Paul Hersey, Co-creator of Situational Leadership® 12 generous, great teacher Then, Ayse asked us to put down next to each person’s name, what we found so heroic about them. I did that and this is what it looked like. • Frances Hesselbein – extremely