Jul 21, 2017
Jon Gordon is an author and speaker on leadership, culture,
sales, and teamwork. He has worked with numerous athletic
organizations, academic institutions, and corporations. His latest
book is “The Power of Positive Leadership.” He teaches people how
to focus on weeding out the negative and not letting that energy
poison the team.
Jon describes himself as a once fearful, negative and stressed out
31-year old. What changed all of that? His wife gave him the
ultimatum: Change your life or I am leaving you. He had an “Aha”
moment that gave him the revelation he was meant to write and
speak. However, Jon knew he needed to work on himself first, so he
started taking steps to better himself. He began by going on walks
of gratitude and created a “positive tip of the week” newsletter.
This lead to him creating a website, doing about 80 free talks to
get started, and ultimately just going for it as an entrepreneur.
Jon describes impacting others as being the greatest feeling in the
world.
“The Power of Positive Leadership” and Jon’s overall message is
about how to root out the negative and focus on the positive. One
negative person can bring an entire team down. He calls these
people “negative vampires” and says they must be addressed, called
out, and kicked off the bus. Building positive leaders fosters
building a positive team. You get people on your bus by the way you
lead. It can’t be an ultimatum—“Be positive or your are out of
here!”
In this episode of Trend Following Radio:
- Leadership skills
- Energy vampires
- Negativity is contagious
- Grit is the biggest predictor of success
- Overcoming challenges
- Pushing forward through adversity