Friday, May 27, 2016
Community Friday: Habits of Successful Leaders that Improve the World
Most of us are not born seeing ourselves as the next leader. In many cases, the stronger leaders keep to themselves as they are deep in thought. They are the introverts who possess forward thinking. Most of the population does not understand the pattern, and so these thought leaders remain in the background. This remains true until ~ times change and the need is finally recognized.
The larger than life leaders work in the background to improve the lives of others
The second part of the thought leader story is to fulfill a need of society. Work is quietly done in the background with the right collaborative team in place, able to produce the recognized need. The team enjoys the spotlight more so than the person who created the idea. More importantly is the fact that so many lives are improved by the cooperative effort.
My Story
This week, we spoke of personalizing all communication. My outcome of having done this produced many wonderful results. But key is the fact that I met leaders with very large vision. Their ideas were incredible and we chose to support one another through the years. Today, I have exciting stories to share with you.
Valeri Bocage has previously shared her insights. She always remained true to her vision of improving the lives of people worldwide. Membership in her PWIConnections organization requires that a project be in place that serves humanity. We previously read about Justina Page helping burn victims and of Najjiyya Arnold working with children to improve literacy. The organization is finalizing plans for a Global Conference in San Francisco – stay tuned!
Today, a long-time friend and admired entrepreneur, Paula Fellingham, invited me to join her newly formed group “Global Peace Initiative”. Upon clicking “yes”, I realized she is also working with the 2nd World Parliament on Spirituality.
On a much smaller scale, yesterday, I received word that many of my collaborators and I were designated as The Top 24 Sales Leaders to follow on Twitter. Global peace and spirituality makes this seem trivial. However, when you consider that Twitter is used by staggering numbers – it’s a wonderful method to get the thoughts you want known out into the world. Additionally, Twitter is the most time-efficient way to secure the information you need. See if you are following the leaders featured on the list.
Your Story
Do you have ideas brewing inside your head and is it time to bring them out into the world? The more successful ideas fill a need and attract interest as they are presented to the public.
Ideas to Consider:
- Communication strategy to attract interest
- Marketing avenues free of cost and within your budget
- Collaborative peers to more quickly spread the word
Sales Tips:
- Be willing to move through trial and error
- Monitor what works best
- Revise your plan and try again
- Leverage what works best
- Confer with others on what is most captivating about your idea
- Target your niche audience
- As your initial niche audience rallies behind you, expand outward
- Create complementary services and products
- Grow your supporting community
- Collaborate on getting word out via social media
These suggestions will help lead you to the Smooth Sale!
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Elinor Stutz, CEO of Smooth Sale, delivers inspirational keynotes at conferences and authored three books: "The Wish: A 360 Degree Business Development Process to Fuel Sales" , The International Best-Selling book, “Nice Girls DO Get the Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results”, and community service led to the writing of her second best-selling book, “HIRED! How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews.”
Kred proclaimed Stutz as a “Top 1% Influencer for Social Media, Blogging, and Leadership.” CEO World Magazine named Stutz as one of “The brightest sales minds to follow on Twitter” ; she was featured on the cover of the March 2015 Sales and Service Excellence e-Magazine. The author of an International Best-Selling book, a Best-Selling book, and the just released “The Wish: A 360 Degree Business Development Process that Fuels Sales”.
Stutz contributed to Microsoft e-books, her blog is distributed among companies, and numerous articles appeared in AllBusiness.com and U.S. News and World Report. Her sales seminar was filmed for Eduson.TV headquartered in Russia. Stutz consults and speaks worldwide.
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