Don’t you know I’m inspirational? (As seen on www.herrochester.com)
By Pam Sherman | May 14, 2010
Funny, in my work life I support business leaders on how to present themselves and their message with passion using the skills I learned as an actor. I teach them what it means to be authentic and to have presence. I teach that there shouldn’t be a disconnect with who you ARE and how you present yourself. The greatest leaders know this and present themselves with authenticity and energy. I love my work and I love to share my energy with others. And my clients are experiencing great success. But then I come home….to my children. I present my message with passion (clean your room, do your homework, grow up!) and I am certainly authentic (I’m an open book). So why don’t they see how INSPIRATIONAL I AM? I think I am learning more about leadership from my interactions with my grunting teenager and my emotional pre-teen than from any leadership book on my shelf. There are leadership books that get their inspiration from a myriad of topics, the Art of War, the Air Force Academy, Smiley Faces, even the animal kingdom. I’m writing the Leadership Lessons Learned from Living with Teenagers. It is all about motivation, values, discipline, inspiration, passion and most important, listening (getting them to and listening to them). Perhaps we can get Nintendo to integrate some lessons into their X-Box 360 games (not involving killing the enemy)? Or Club Penguin can help inspire our kids to do some good in the world? In the meantime, I will keep sending my message to my kids and hope that like my clients they will find me…inspirational.
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May 14th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
You’re an inspiration to US, Pam. And, ooo, a new book?!