Simply Lead

It was such a pleasure to be on the Advisory Team again this year for LeaderCast held on May 10th.  Excellent leadership provided by Lora Crestan!

The AlphaKOR team supported LeaderCast by inviting guests and filling four tables. The event had professional and distinguished speakers including Andy Stanley, John Maxwell, Sanya Richards-Ross, Dr. Henry Cloud, David Allen, Mike Krzyzewski, Condoleeza Riza, Jack Welch and Rorke Denver.

Three local Entrepreneurs addressed the audience during the scheduled breaks.   Dartis Willis, CEO of Windsor Express, Joseph Heraldo, Partner in Springboard  and yours truly, President of AlphaKOR. 

There were over 250 business professionals in attendance and provided a great opportunity to network. The networking opportunities started before 8:00 am as the early birds arrived.  As part of my volunteer hat, it was enjoyable working the front table with Carmela and saying good morning to everyone.   Yes we confirmed there was coffee to kick-start the day!

The breaks and the lunch provided a good opportunity to interact, discuss the ideas shared by the speakers and to meet new people.   It was enjoyable to thank our guests for attending and to let them know we appreciated them supporting AlphaKOR.

The speakers presented relevant material during their respective simulcast.  Additional information was provided via website links, the journal handed out and suggested books to read.

The theme this year was "Simply Lead".  Two of my favourite take-aways from the event:  Leadership is influence and Entrepreneurs are vulnerable.

John Maxwell talked about leadership is influence, nothing more and nothing less.  Sounds simple?  Yes it needs to appear simple.  All speakers mentioned to simplify and to break things down in simple terms to be an effective leader.  How do you influence your team as a leader?

One of the local speakers had a challenge with equipment not working and was unable to complete his demo after piquing interest from the crowd.  

As part of my role as a leader when it was my turn on stage, I mentioned "Entrepreneurs, we are vulnerable".   He was very appreciative of the simple yet effective support and glad I was able to make a difference.

Simply Lead.