1: Fred Kofman was five years old. It was the night before he was to start first grade.
“I had a meltdown in bed,” he recalls in his book The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
“My parents heard me crying, so they came to check on me. When they asked me why I was crying, I told them that I was afraid that they would get mad … continue reading
1: There was once a woman in Russia who dreamed of becoming a ballerina.
“She practiced hard and eventually wound up taking workshops with renowned masters,” Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
One day, she asked one of the teachers what he thought of her technique. He replied brusquely that she didn’t have what it took to be a star.
“The news crushed … continue reading
1:Fred Kofman was in the United Kingdom facilitating an executive meeting for one of his clients.
The meeting was scheduled to finish on Friday. Fred would fly home to the United States on Saturday so we could attend his daughter Sophie’s 14th birthday party on Sunday.
However, the executive team was unable to reach a decision on a critical issue. They decided to resume the discussion on Monday.
The … continue reading
1: “Sorry I’m late. My other meeting ran over.”
How many times have we heard these words?
How many times have we said these words?
The message we are sending is: “Don’t blame me. If my previous meeting had finished earlier, I would have been on time,” Fred Kofman writes in his book The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
There may be truth to our statement. And … continue reading
1: “A lot of leaders are rowing a boat. They’re bringing everyone along with them, and saying, ‘Come follow me,'” Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution.
“But the way I’ve seen Jeff Weiner (Executive Chairman of LinkedIn) and other great leaders do it, they’ll go and get on a surfboard. They don’t say, ‘Follow me.’ They say, ‘Come join us on this huge wave.'”
What’s the difference … continue reading
