1Commitment #1: Clarify Values
“Who are you?” You need to know the answer to this question. It is foremost on the mind of anyone willing to follow you. Leadership is fundamentally a relationship, and for someone to join you on a journey, they first want to know something about you, who you are, and what you stand for. Your leadership journey begins when you set out to discover “this is who I am” and are able and willing to express it.
John Banghoff, for example, knew that he wanted to be in the university marching band since he was nine years old when he attended his first college football game with his father. Making the band his first year felt like a dream come true. “I was on cloud nine,” John said. “It was the coolest experience to hear ...
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