Simon Sinek

I talk about what it means to be human and what it means to be kind to others.
There’s a demand for my work, and that means we don’t run across a lot of people who do these things.
I met a guy from the US Air Force, and in August 2002 he was flying above Afghanistan. They hear a call saying, “troops in contact.”

Bill McDermott

When I got the job in Puerto Rico, moved there and began working…the blue collar workers asked me:
Can we have our water back?
Can we have our holiday party back?
I came in and I hired this fabulous singer to sing at the holiday party a year from then. I asked them to go from #66 to #1.

I am petrified of leaders who are afraid of celebrating victories.
SAP: America had missed their plan 23 out of 24 quarters…they were consistent.
Just double it. Whatever business you’re running, whatever your goals. Just double it.

Almost 20 years ago, I was standing on a field in Ireland during the filming of Braveheart. I was standing there with 2,000 Irish extras.
Mel Gibson rides out on a horse. He has the blue war paint. Everyone took notice.
There are 7 cameras going. We knew what was supposed to happen. What actually happened, all 2,000 Irishmen yelled, “Yeah we’ll kill ‘em all!!!!”

Ian Freeland was a very important leader who made a mistake that resulted in a lot of pain and suffering.
His mistake was one that leaders make all the time.
In 1970, he was sent to Northern Ireland to lead British troops. Protestant mobs were roaming and firing machine guns and burning churches.

I loved teaching. I’m amused by children. Teaching was a life long goal for me.
Nothing prepares you more than experience. I learned along with my children that I taught.
I loved George’s sense of humor. He’s really funny. It came in handy when we had two 13-year-old girls. It made a big difference.

At the time, I was 35 years old. I lived and worked in midtown Manhattan.
I saw panhandlers every day. But the day I saw Maurice, changed me.
He said, “Excuse me lady. Do you have any spare change? I’m hungry.”
Those three words changed my life forever. And actually that’s why I’m here today.

Leading in a “Beyond You” world is the perfect thing to be discussing from South Africa.
As we come to terms with his passing, South Africans are describing what made Mandela so special. The Nelson Mandela who left prison was astonishingly accommodating. When he went to prison, he was relatively young.

The human dynamics that drive and sustain your influence…
If you’re on a boat, you’ll see a wake on two sides. As you think about influence, think about yourself as a boat. You leave a wake behind you in everything you do.
Your wake has two sides to it. #1 is the results. #2 is the relationships with people.

90% of adults say there aren’t enough great leaders in the world today
For folks who are leading at many different levels, 1 in 5 say their boss is a good leader. 2 in 5 say they work for a bad boss.
What’s the difference between good and bad leadership? Good leadership has a lot to do with empowerment. Bad leadership causes people to not give their maximum effort, people may lie, they may be distracted at work.

This idea of “Beyond You” made a big difference in my life as a young person and fueled the leadership culture of our organization before we knew about this idea.
This idea, if you have the courage to embrace it, makes you wonder if you can lead like this and develop an organization, and I believe the answer is yes.
Our goal is to have you become a “Beyond You” leader and to have your organization become a “Beyond You” culture because you are there to lead them.