Art of Leadership - Leadership of Art
“This above all…” The one most important thing in life (your purpose)… “To thine ownself be true…” Is to be true to who you really are…“And it must follow, as the night the day…” And the only way to do this…“Thou canst not then be false to any man.” Is to be clear and honest in your intentions.– Polonius, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Until you experience what we do here, nothing we say will convince you how important it is and how well it works.
However, we’re looking for those rare clients who are really ‘up for it’. Who see leadership development not just as a way of vanquishing the slings and arrows of outrageous business fortune, but also as the art of learning what really matters in life.
Shakespeare is arguably the greatest writer of all time. His ‘leaders’ are still models of excellent leadership today. Portia, Henry V, Mark Anthony, etc. But Polonius???
Yet, in his typical genius, probably the most profound wisdom is uttered by the seeming ‘fools’ in his work. Polonius is no exception. If you really analyse and meditate on each phrase in the above quote, you have a recipe for unlimited, unbridled success! The same ‘recipe’ we cook with here.
Today’s leadership ‘gurus’ are also drawing the same (obvious!) conclusion. But why talk to a guru? When you can whisper to a horse.
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