Today is the last day of Ken Blanchard’s Top Leader survey/contest on Twitter. Over 2,000 people have viewed tweets, or posted nominations at www.twitter.com/kenblanchard.
On this final day, the role of the leader as coach seems to be the aspect of leadership to highlight. In addition to inspirational, unsung, and visionary leaders, the leader as coach has been the fourth most popular nomination.
Nominees have ranged from sports coaches, like Tony Dungy, John Calipari, and Pete Carroll, to business coaches, like Marshall Goldsmith, Stephen Covey, and John Maxwell, and finally to life coaches like Deepak Chopra, Oprah Winfrey, and Tony Robbins.
What’s the one thing they all have in common? They see something special in others, and they use a combination of encouragement and accountability to bring it to full development. By setting high standards, providing direction and support as needed, and always believing in their people, these types of coaches help their clients and team members get to places they might not have been able to get to on their own.
Who are the people that have believed in you? Who has held you to a higher standard of performance—and always believed in your ability to achieve it? Let us know by posting your top coaching leader at www.twitter.com/kenblanchard Remember to add @kenblanchard in the body of your tweet so you’ll be entered into tomorrow’s drawing for one of two gift baskets of Ken Blanchard books.
Survey/Contest Details
LeaderChat is partnering with Ken Blanchard on Twitter to conduct a fun and interesting survey/contest. Through October 13th, we’d like you to Tweet the name of the person you think is today’s top leader. In order for us to know who your selection is specifically for this contest, just include “@kenblanchard” in your Tweet.
For example, your Tweet could read: “Today’s top leader @kenblanchard: John Smith”
By doing that, you will be entered into our Twitter contest. After October 13th, we will randomly select two submissions for this contest on Twitter, and we’ll send each of these winners a gift pack of 7 of Ken’s best books, including best-sellers together with some of his newest releases. If you win, Ken will send you a direct Tweet to get your contact info, and we’ll also post the winners here.