Tim Sanders, Love Cat
June 7th, 2004 by HalLast week I attended Coachville's Third Annual Conference. I so love hanging out with coaches. The perspective, compassion, and curiosity of coaches inspires. The theme for the conference is the business of coaching. Does it surprise you that we spoke repeatedly of love?
One of the highlights was the keynote address by Tim Sanders, Love Cat. This guy is one amazing person. Tim is the author of the best-selling book on business Love is the Killer App. That's right, it's a book on business…the philosophy behind Southwest Airlines, SAS, and Yahoo! Here are my notes. Enjoy.
The only purpose to lead or coach is to change the world. It's a hero's journey. Every good leader and coach is a life-long learner.
Get the right paradigm…abundance. Faith drives it. Choose to be a good human being. Scarcity comes from reality minus perspective. It works in the short term. Fear predominates. Abundance is synchronized with the information world. Abundance is the driver of increasing returns.
Take the right prescription.
- Aggregate and share knowledge.
Be a student. Inspire people to be students again. Read. People don't read because people aren't held accountable to read. Give a book not a box of chocolates. "Leaders are readers." - Network.
Your network is your network. Develop it. It is the greatest asset to share. Take serious delight by putting two people who wouldn't have come together without expecting anything in return. "Invest in others' success." - Have compassion.
"In a dog-eat-dog world it's better to be a (love) cat." Achievement breeds the situation for loving again. Appreciate and acknowledge others. Listen generously.
Tim has a simple and powerful message that applies to the project world. Successful project managers are leaders and coaches. Choose the paradigm of abundance and the love cat prescription.
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