Leadership as service and service through sharing

Leading and managing are not the same thing, and we are all meant to be leaders. Leadership isn’t only about ensuring tasks are complete; it is about providing enough light for others to discover their way.

One essential way to support people in seeing in a new way is sharing your dreams and stories. This practice isn’t just about self-expression—it's an act of service. Dreams reflect our highest aspirations, and stories chronicle our journey toward them, complete with all its highs and lows. As leaders, when we communicate our purpose through where we have been and where we desire to go, we do more than only share our goals; we create the human connections that we require to be able to come together and work towards something better.

Authentic sharing goes way beyond simply stating ambitions. It’s uncovering the humanness in each of us that makes us more similar than different. Each of our stories are vessels of lessons learned, resilience, determination, heartbreak, and growth that help one another see parts of ourselves that we wouldn’t be able to see without hearing from one another.

As you lead yourself and others, the ultimate goal of sharing from your heart is not to convince people to go where you’re going; it is to help illuminate the way for them to move down the path to their own dreams.