Emerging as a Leader with Eddie Turner: Lead to Succeed 91
Are you a leader who thinks speaking is the most challenging task to handle? This episode is for you!
Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Eddie Turner. Eddie is an in-demand leadership development expert. He’s a principal consultant and executive coach at Linkage, a boutique international leadership development firm. He asserted he’s a certified speaking professional and is ranked number six on the top 30 list of motivational speakers by global gurus. Forbes recognized Eddie as the preeminent authority on emerging leaders. He is ranked number 18 on the top 25 thought leaders in leadership by thinkers 360 and ranked number 32 on the power list of the leading 200 biggest voices in leadership to watch in 2022.
In this episode, Eddie will share his speaking journey, how we can become better speakers and leaders, and share nuggets of wisdom that we can all apply in our day to day lives.
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Key Talking Points from the Episode:
[02:20] Challenges that emerging leaders face and how does Eddie help them
[4:23] Strategies to help emerging leaders emerge
[8:59] Eddie’s childhood and how he discovered his gift in speaking
[9:51] What motivated Eddie to make Speaking his career path?
[12:28] How can a leader transition from being afraid to speak to being confident
[14:30] How Eddie helps leaders get over their fear to speak
[18:08] Technical leadership versus visionary leadership
[18:41] Understanding the purposeful leadership model
[22:22] Eddie’s most significant failure and what he learnt from it
[25:30] Rapid fire questions
Magical Quotes from the Episode:
“Not every mentor is the same. You need to find somebody who is committed to you, who is willing to show you the ropes, and who is humble enough to not just sort of dictate the terms has a coaching element and how they operate.”
“Often times, it’s not necessarily that an emerging leader doesn’t know things, it’s just they don’t necessarily have the confidence, the clarity, or the ability to put their knowledge into practice in the right way.”
“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.” Reagan
“Failure is part of success. And if you don’t fail, you can’t achieve really the pinnacle of your potential.”
“Every successful person has failures that were stepping stones to success.”
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