Great points! As much as I believe vision is important for every person, so is passion. Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Madonna, they all have passion for their chosen field and that's the reason why they are successful. They have the passion to drive them to their goals. PS...You might be interested in learning about the science of motivation.

very nice blog. Keep the articles coming!

Your post also made me think of ‘genuineness’. Inspired and creative leadership can only be developed by being genuine because you are doing what you believe in---your passion. So it’s important to look for a company that is right for you so you can connect your ‘why’ with the company’s why and be happily employed over the long-term. (Now that I think about it, companies who also spend more time looking for people that ‘fit’ their company not just increase their efficiencies by having loyal employees, but are also helping us and the economy in the long-run.)

You also made me understand more clearly what creates passionate employees and managers. It’s not just being ‘smarter than the others’, or having better communication skills, or forced enthusiasm, or a show of energy or acting enthusiastically in team meetings, but a much deeper (and sometimes quieter) alignment of values (or as you said, living out your ‘why’).

Dianne Crampton’s book, “TIGERS Among Us- Winning Business Team Cultures and Why They Thrive” like your article approaches how to develop leadership and build high-performing business teams, starting from the ‘core’ or the company’s values (the ‘why’) and company culture.

It provides a framework that can help business owners and employees (in their various roles as leaders and team members) can work more effectively together and achieve business success (www.tigersamongus.com).

Hopefully, the economy will move forward and in a higher level as more and more people strive to become better leaders and engaged/passionate employees.

Excellent post! Finding one's calling--where one's passion and the world's need intersect--is one of the important challenge for leadership. One might argue that everything else flows from that.....

Great post. You may be one of the few people who get it. Leadership that is. Leadership is the special power to influence another person or group's mind, body and spirit in such a manner that they will follow you to the depths of hell to fight the devil knowing that you will return victorious. As for character, character is the soil from which great leadership grows.Anything else is just a management tool disguised as leadership.

Rick Morgan
Life Performance
Institute

I write this on a plane from Beijing, where I took a group of 50 EMBA students and many of their spouses. Some saw traffic and pollution, while others saw warm and industrious people very welcoming to foreigners. Just like the rest of life, it’s all there.

John
www.blog.ManagementLeverage.com