41. The leader speaks to their concerns

There are no half-measures when it comes to expressing your leadership. Knowing what concerns others may have about your vision is one thing; addressing them is quite another. In this episode of The Illumify Game Changer, the leader is asked to find the words to resolve those very concerns.

01:00 Reference Cards: Illumify Definition and Guidelines

08:25 Amplify Card 34: What can you say to resolve their concerns?

09:25 This vision is not a list. It’s a sphere, a collection of ideas that work together in tension with each other.

14:15 We start with freedom, and choose our own path.

17:25 Vision not a place of refuge but a solution.

20:20 It’s more important than ever that today we tell a true story about our past.

22:05 Can we find a way to organize ourselves that echoes the questions we face within our own selves?

25:25 We wake up every morning as humans, not as job seekers.

31:30 It’s perfectly understandable to worry about “strangers”.

33:40 Examples of pivotal historical events in Europe that speak to its value of freedom.

38:12 The truth of the European story is that we are a continent of refugees. All of us.

41:20 Is defending one’s home from others coming in a concern?

45:30 That’s where the story we tell is so important.

48:20 Are we able to tell the truth?

51:55 The real diversity is the one inside of us.

54:44 This is where we have to expand our notion of what “home” is.

58:40 You can be attached to your (former) home, and carry it with you.

1:00:25 “We are all united in our need for home.”

1:03:55 You have to be aware of their real-time concerns and address them as well.

1:05:42 You can’t just switch off the light without empowering them on what they can do about it.

1:06:00 Final Answer

1:11:00 The metaphor of the visionary as a film director.

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