Envision Global Leadership

Member Webinar October 17, 2012 Inspiration vs. Motivation

What’s the difference?

  Inspiration   Main Entry: ecstasy   Synonyms: Blessedness, bliss, delight, delirium, ebullience,

elation, enthusiasm, exaltation, fervor, gladness, happiness, joy, rapture

  Motivation

  Main Entry: excitement   Synonyms: Action, activity, ado, agitation, drama, enthusiasm,

excitation, fever, flurry, furor, movement, stimulation, turmoil, wildness

Note: Ecstasy – to stand outside the ordinary self

Roget’s Thesaurus, 2001

An even deeper meaning

  Inspiration – the divine breath of life

  To live in the ebb and flow of a force that is greater than one-self – to connect to a purpose that is higher than one-self.

Presence

  That portion of another human being that you sense without being asked to do so   Can be small or large   Can be compelling or repelling

  Indefinable yet palpable   Is the basis of connection between beings

Inspirational Presence

  Inspirational Presence is the ability to connect authentically with others; to use your thoughts, feelings, and intuitions to inspire others towards your cause.

Leaders with Inspirational Presence

  Are connected to some greater truth for their own direction

  Transparent   Authentic   Present   Lead from a place that is outside of their

ordinary self

Leadership starts at home

  The first act of creative leadership is to learn to lead yourself around your unique contribution   Find your passion   Connect with it   Commit your energy and enthusiasm to it   Put it into the world in a large way

Learning Your Leadership Style

  The next act of creative leadership is understand your style   What are my own fears and destructive patterns?   How do I present myself to others?   How can I be constructive and creative with those

patterns?   Do I use my techniques?

Two Orientations to the World

  Self Preservation Fear & Doubt   Conservative, cautious,

traditional   Protective of what’s already

been acquired   Repetitive in the use of

previously successful strategies

  Controlling in service of stability and predictability

  Risk and change reluctant   Respectful/reverential toward

authority and hierarchy   Proportionately more fear

based and outcome dominated

  Self Realization Love & Trust   Experimental, speculative,

innovative   Willing to leverage what’s

already been acquired   Skeptical of or bored with

repetitive use of previously successful strategies

  Questioning of the value of stability and predictability

  Risk and change ready   Respectful/ambivalent toward

authority and hierarchy   Proportionately more trust

based and process dominated

Why does it matter?

  A leader has a primordial role in any given group

  Responsible for group emotions   Spreading enthusiasm   Clearing toxic waste

Limbic System Responses

  Open loop vs. closed loop   Limbic brain vs. thinking brain   Contagion in social systems   Resonance and dissonance

Transformational Leadership

@EGL 2012

Any Questions?

About the Speaker

  Jeff Evans, Ph.D. Consultant, author, speaker.   Jeff is the CEO of Envision Global

Leadership. He also practices in the areas of leadership development, human systems change, and organizational capability, serving clients in a powerful capacity as learning partner and coach.

  He is the author of the #1 best-seller 'Inspirational Presence: The Art of Transformational Leadership’ and co-author of ‘The Ten Tasks of Change’