Who Leads You? with Minter Dial
Minter Dial is a renowned professional speaker and author of four books He’s a consultant on leadership branding and digital strategy, along with being a film producer too! In this episode you’ll learn: About Minter’s eclectic careers and fascinating leadership hacks How grasping opportunities enriches your life and work You need to Lead “You” before you can lead others The Leadership CHECK model Join our Tribe at https://leadership-hacker.com Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the Free Music Archive FMA Transcript: Thanks to Jermaine Pinto at JRP Transcribing for being our Partner. Contact Jermaine via LinkedIn or via his site JRP Transcribing Services Find out more about Minter below: Minter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/minterdial/ Minter Dial Website: https://www.minterdial.com Minter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mdial Minter on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mdial/ Full Transcript Below ----more---- Introduction Steve Rush: Some call me Steve, dad, husband or friend. Others might call me boss, coach or mentor. Today you can call me The Leadership Hacker. Thanks for listening in. I really appreciate it. My job as the leadership hacker is to hack into the minds, experiences, habits and learning of great leaders, C-Suite executives, authors and development experts so that I can assist you developing your understanding and awareness of leadership. I am Steve Rush and I am your host today. I am the author of Leadership Cake. I am a transformation consultant and leadership coach. I cannot wait to start sharing all things leadership with you. Our special guest on today's show is Minter Dial. He's a professional speaker, author of four books, consultant on leadership branding and digital strategy, along with being a film producer. But before we get a chance to speak with Minter, it's The Leadership Hacker News. The Leadership Hacker News Steve Rush: The subject of leadership is an enormous subject matter, but what is leadership? And how do we know when we see and hear it? Is it seen in the captains of countries, corporations and communities? Is it heard from onstage lectins and corner offices? Could it be the research from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Oxford, or Cambridge? The reality of course is leadership is a very bespoken, very personal to us. We've been surrounded by a generation of corporate and civic leaders. Some of whom have been tainted with visions and values. What are the qualities that are missing and why do we look for leadership? More than 60 years ago, the last place we might have expected to look for leadership was on the Montgomery Bus. And yet on the 1st of December in 1955, when a diminutive passenger occupied a seat, she set the direction for an entire country, no small feat in leadership. Rosa Parks has now been referred to as the quiet leader and she has a lot to teach us. Humbled, determined, and flappable, self-sacrificing. She was forced in a bold vision. She was willing to take a courageous risk, not knowing the results, but driven by her values and her integrity. And there was no other option for her, but to stay sat in that seat in the face of adversity. At that time, her only vision was at bus free of segregation. She inspired Dr. Martin Luther king Jr, who could articulate in words, what she had said in gesture, but they had the same dream. They marched the same march. They sang the same song. Her leadership was a quiet one, but not any less powerful. So, as we pay tribute to the first woman to be laid in state in Washington, she seems like a new icon of leadership. Named the mother of civil rights, she led by being a role model by inspiring the city to walk instead of ride and a country to re-examine itself and its values, her leadership statement ignited a genesis of change in people in assumptions, actions and attitudes, irrespective of race, color, or creed. So, what the lessons learned from this great leader? Compelling a great mission, ignites