Leadership involves moving people. Moving them with an idea, or a goal. In order to illustrate the importance of moving in the right direction, you need a great story. I have used the one below with great success.
I went to How J Say in order to hear the generals name pronounced correctly.
Source: The Warrior Ethos by Steven PressfieldEpaminondas (E pam in nondus), the great Theban general, was the first to beat the Spartans - at the battle of Leuctra (Luke Tra) in 371 B.C.The evening before the fight, Epaminondas called his warriors together and declared that he could guarantee victory on the morrow if his men would vow to perform one feat at the moment he commanded it. The men, of course, responded aye. "What do you wish us to do?" "When I sound he trumpet," said Epaminondas, "I want you to give me one more foot. Do you understand? Push the enemy back just one foot." The men swore they would do this.Battle came. The armies clashed and locked up, shield against shield, each side straining to overcome the other. Epaminondas watched and waited till he judged both armies had reached the extremity of exhaustion. Then he ordered the trumpet sounded. The warriors of Thebes, remembering their promise, summoned their final reserves of strength and pushed the foe back only one foot. This was enough. The Spartan line broke. A rout ensued.
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