Convince Me

Do we buy into our company values? Do we genuinely believe in our company purpose? Do we even believe in our dreams and aspirations? Peter said to me that a mentor once posed this challenge to him, "you’ve got to convince me you are convinced." This is such a profound piece to use with any leader to ensure that their values, purpose, dreams, aspirations or simply what they believe is real. Convince me that you are convinced. When you have to put forward a proposition and convince someone with conviction, it means you have to embody and believe what you’re saying at the core of your soul. It’s rare to find someone who can with conviction convince you they believe in something. It happens, but as a leader, it needs conscious thought, focus, repetition, consistency, and a desire to see it happen. It starts from within. So convince someone... ​© GB