How Simon Sinek's theory of 'the Golden Circle' applies to historical figures.

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Simon Sinek
Theory of the golden circle
TED talk
September 2009
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3. INSPIRED LEADERS
- Why are some leaders and organisations able to inspire where
others aren’t?
- How do you get people to want to be a part of what you do?
Martin Luther King
Adolf Daens
Winston Churchill
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4. Inspired leaders think and act from the inside out
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5. They don’t tell people what they want to change, but what they
believe
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6. There are leaders and there are those who lead.
• Leaders hold a position of power, of authority. Those who
lead, inspire us.
• People follow those who lead, not because they have to but
because they want to.
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7. People share the same dream
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8. ‘People who share the same belief will follow their leader and
work for him in blood, sweat and tears’
Fidel Castro and Che Guevara: the Cuban
Revolution
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9. An inspiring female leader
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10. What about Adolf Hitler?
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11. Assignment
• Make a powerpoint presentation about a
historical leader.
• Make a short biography of that person.
• Answer the following questions:
- How was this person able to inspire people?
- Did he or she have a dream?
- Why did people share this dream?
- What became of that dream?
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