Page 80 - Leadership Secrets of Hillary Clinton

AUTHENTICITY

When I speak on resilience and the importance of
authenticity for leaders today, I often ask the audience what
their story would be if they met someone going up in the
elevator and had only three minutes with that person.
Besides having your life story, it is also important to have
the “sound-byte” version. This short and targeted version
should help people gain a better sense of what’s important
to you, what you stand for, and what differentiates you
from others.
In Living History, Hillary shares her story up front,
which illustrates who she is today. She leads with,

I was raised to love my God and my country, to help
others, to protect and defend the democratic ideals
that have inspired and guided free people for more
than a hundred years. These ideals were nurtured in
me as far back as I can remember. My childhood in
the 1950s and the politics of the 1960s awakened
my sense of obligation to my country and my com-
mitment to service. My involvement on the ground
floor of two presidential campaigns and my duties
as First Lady took me to see every state in our union
and to seventy-eight nations. In each place, I met
someone or saw something that caused me to open
my mind and my heart and deepen my understand-
ing of the universal concerns that most humanity
shares.

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