From the course: Developing Executive Presence
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Thinking patterns and executive presence
From the course: Developing Executive Presence
Thinking patterns and executive presence
- After the brutal, divisive Civil War that finally ended slavery in the United States, a war that went on for years, and resulted in more US soldiers killed than any other war before or since, President Abraham Lincoln invited a group of wounded veterans to meet with him in the nation's capital. With characteristic eloquence, Lincoln honored the soldiers for their service. Now even to this day, that's where this sort of ceremony typically ends. But in this case, as in so many others, Lincoln demonstrated the pattern of thinking that characterizes leaders with strong executive presence. I love to pause at these pivotal moments to accentuate the difference that's possible when great leaders give us something we can apply to our situations. Here's what Lincoln did. Instead of dismissing the soldiers after the ceremony, he led them down the hall into a room filled with children's toys. He asked them to take some toys to give to children in their hometowns. It's a beautiful example of the…
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