Mark GivenFounder of the Trust Based Philosophy, Self-employed · Founder of the Trust Based Philosophy at Mark Given International

Visionquest 2014 The Essence of Leadership

18 Nov 2013 · 1 min

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In this brief promotional video, Mark Given announces his upcoming presentation at VisionQuest 2014 in Greensboro. He uses the metaphor of fragrance versus essence to illustrate the difference between superficial, pleasant leadership and deep, quality‑driven leadership that truly transforms people, communities, and the world. Given invites viewers to attend, promising to teach how to cultivate ‘essence’ in themselves and their teams so that leadership endures beyond their presence.

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Can you smell that? It's a fragrance. It's pleasant. It has a sweet smell. Leadership is like that sometimes. This is Mark Given, and I'm coming to VisionQuest 2014 in Greensboro to talk about Essence. Essence is one that has or shows an abundance of a quality. Don't confuse essence with fragrance. There's a difference. In fact, does your leadership and do your leadership skills have an abundance of quality? Well, I'm going to talk about what it takes to have essence and what it takes to teach your people to have essence, to be great leaders, so that when you're not there, it's not just a fragrance that people talk about, something that's pleasant or sweet, but leadership that changes people, communities, and the world. I'm looking forward to seeing you at VisionQuest 2014 in Greensboro. I hope you'll bring a whole bunch of people with you. I'll see you there.