What can trees tell us about leadership?

Colleagues,

MVP: Leaders don’t need to be loud.

As you read this, I am visiting the bristlecone pine trees in Inyo National Forest. 

These trees are the oldest living beings on the planet. Some of them have been alive for over 4,000 years.

They only grow at about 10,000 feet, where not much else lives.

The quiet and stillness only adds to their impressiveness.

Things don’t need to be loud and big to be inspiring. 

There is power in silence. There is power in stillness.

Leaders can be powerful by creating quiet and being still, and in that space allowing others to grow.

Today’s intention: Be still.

Cheers!

Frederick