I was asked to give a presentation to a group of business owners last week on 'Lessons on Leadership". The challenge was that the presentation was to be exactly 10 minutes.
"Wow! That's a bit of a challenge", I thought, "there's been so much written on leadership, how can I cover anything meaningful in 10 minutes?" Having recently been watching the TV show 'Master Chef Australia', I had the brilliant idea of giving them a 'recipe' for leadership.
The session went extremely well and I finished in 10 minutes and one second (they had a timer). Apart from getting the timing almost spot on, the group seemed really engaged and had quite a few questions in the Q&A. One that I didn't have time to cover, was the difference between leadership and management, so I've been invited back again for that topic. However, if you'd like a sneak preview of my answer, plus the 'Lessons on Leadership' recipe, have a read of my latest article.