“If a picture is worth a 1000 words, then an experience is worth a 1000 pictures.”
– John Barrett
The gold standard of leadership is to “win people’s hearts and minds.” How do we do it?
Imagine you have a fantastic dining experience. You want to tell everyone about it.
They smile and nod, express some curiosity, but they just “don’t get it.” So, you tell them some more and more. It isn’t helping.
Maybe you even show them a picture you took. That might get their attention. And it just doesn’t evoke the same passion you feel.
True believers are won through their experience.
Experience can be invited through telling and showing. Experience can be amplified with telling and showing.
Turns out for maximum influence it takes all three – TELL, SHOW and EXPERIENCE – working together.
Do an inventory of your current leadership practices. How can you upgrade your impact?