A CEO's empty desk and undivided attention during a 15-minute meeting showed what leadership really means. The speakers argue that complete, focused presence is the greatest gift a leader can give another person.
I want to be sure we've talked a lot about AI. We talked about DEI, we've talked about change. What would one thing be, based on everything that we talked about, based on leading from within, that you would leave with our corporate leaders that are listening and watching?
I once had to go and visit important grand CEO of a very large organization. And we had 15 minutes with him. And what really struck me as we walked into this grand office and walked up to his desk, and there were two chairs there, and we sat down, his desk was clear. There was no computer. There was, well, it was closed, you know. And he said, right, gentlemen, what can I do for you? And for those 15 minutes he had our undivided attention. We had his.
We had his undivided.
It was a two-way thing. But, and, and at the end of that, the time was up. And it was up, you know, he held his boundary, finish, out the door. So what I take from that is the greatest gift that you can give to another human being is your full presence. Love that.
Agreed. Love it, love it, love it, love it.
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