Risk & Business Magazine Sterling Insurance Fall 2017 | Page 12

BE LIKE YOUR HEROES

Be A Better Leader

BE MORE LIKE YOUR HEROES !

Recently 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 .

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 ®
• Peter Drucker , Father of Modern Management
• Bob Tannenbaum , UCLA Professor
• Warren Bennis , Renowned Leadership Expert
• Richard Beckhard , World Leading Organizational Development Consultant
• Buddha
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 generous , great teacher
• Alan Mulally – extremely generous , great teacher
• Paul Hersey – extremely generous , great teacher
• Peter Drucker – extremely generous , great teacher
• Bob Tannenbaum – extremely generous , great teacher
• Warren Bennis — extremely generous , great teacher
• Richard Beckhard — extremely generous , great teacher
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