Steal Some Leadership: Barack Obama's Address

Are you a leader who is facing a change that your organization may not be ready for? Perhaps your organization is not doing so well financially? Need some quick and free leadership advice on how to communicate the state of organization?

There is an old quote some attribute to Picasso, "Bad artists copy. Great artists steal." I think the same thing goes for leaders, Bad Leaders Copy. Great Leaders Steal. So with that borrow from Barack Obama's address. It's all there, 18 minutes of it. Take it, change it and make it yours.

One of the most applicable segments for any organization is when he says,

"Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends — hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism — these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths."

This applies to changing industry. It is all about focus and going back to our values.

To steal the rest of his address go here