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Recently I was speaking at an event where gratefully the majority of people in the room were highly engaged,  but there was a small group that was fairly disruptive.  It made it more difficult, not only for me, but for all of the other people attending.  Over the years, I have spoken to thousands of people in hundreds of venues, and I’m pleased to say I am not accustom to feeling heckled when I am leading groups of people.  However, that also meant that I didn’t  have a lot of experience dealing with the hecklers.   During the evening, there was a moment when I made a choice to engage with them without giving in to them.  To allow myself to be present to it and to also come from a place of disappointment but not from anger.  What I realized was that I was speaking to a room full [...]

If you walked into any book store you would see thousands of books on leadership.  If you Google “leadership” you will get over 500 Million hits to your search (yes that’s not a typo!).  Clearly everyone has an opinion about what leadership is and is not.  Well, we do too!  When we talk about leadership we refer to “true leadership”  - leadership that is not only unique to you but authentically you.  I heard a phrase once that said “ . . .  babies and dogs are authenticity barometers – they can spot a fake in an instant.”   You see, in true leadership, you have to be you.  You cannot be authentic if you are trying to be someone else.  Assuming this is accurate, then how do you find out what your true leadership looks like?  In Tiara, we think true leadership is powered by inspiration not emulation.  At [...]