Inspiring Yourself to Inspire Others - Michelle Coyle - The Impactful Leadership Show - Episode #032

The Impactful Leadership Show

You can inspire people to take an action much more easily than you can make people take that action. Michelle Coyle is the President, Growth Strategist, Management Trainer, Entrepreneurship Coach, and Executive Coach at BGSD Strategies. Michelle shares how many credentials you actually need to be a leader, how to become a magnetic leader, and what it takes to find your purpose and your why.

Takeaways:

• You don’t need to collect mountains of credentials before you can become a leader and be taken seriously.
• Leadership is not about getting other people to follow you, leadership is really about self examination and becoming aligned with your authentic self. When you do this, you become a magnetic leader that people want to follow and listen to.
• Leadership and charisma are not things you need to be born with in order to have, they can be developed. Beyond simply charisma, being inspiring to other people starts with getting inspired yourself.
• Part of the self examination process starts with figuring out what your mission and purpose is. You can use that passion to fuel your work and the work you need to do on yourself to overcome your weaknesses.
• If you are trying to get other people to do something, you are probably fighting a losing battle. It’s much better for people to be inspired of their own volition to take an action, and that inspiration happens when you show up authentically.
• What people are looking for from leaders is for someone to show them the right path, where the meaning in what they do is, and where the purpose is. All of this comes naturally from you when you let it shine through.
• Your passion has to be genuine and you need to be steadfast in your conviction to make an impact. Not everyone will follow you and your vision, but those that do will be extremely inspired and follow your lead.

Quote of the Show:

• “If you are not inspired, you are not inspiring” - Michelle Coyle

Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/impactscaling/
• Company website: https://bgsdstrategies.com/
• Schedule a time to meet Michelle: https://go.oncehub.com/michellecoyle

Shout Outs:

• Start with Why by Simon Sinek
• Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy - https://youtu.be/fW8amMCVAJQ

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