Is is better to lead with truth or with hope? My answer to this question is not either or, but yes and. Hope is a necessary and vital part of how we live. Hope gets you to the starting line in pursuing what it is that you want and can be a very useful motivational tool. However, once at that starting line, hope doesn't even get you out of the blocks as you look up and see achievement off in the distance. A leader then has to have a firm strong intention and the truth of the work that it'll take to achieve personal or group goals should not be blunted. Using and exploring my experiences in the arts and in athletics, I will talk about how a well formed, resilient goal is built on hope and has hope built in. The outcomes that are the stepping stones on the way to that goal must be active, actionable steps in realizing that hope.
Andrew is an NLP Master Practitioner trained at NLP Canada Training. Andrew brings a wide variety of experiences to his NLP practice. He is currently working as a headhunter for an engineering and science search firm in Toronto and has also worked for major banks and the Ontario Public Service. Prior to this work, Andrew spent 14 years in the professional theatre in Canada working in places such as the Shaw Festival and the Stratford Festival of Canada. Andrew is still active in semi professional and community theatre. Andrew also wears a Canadian Junior Football League National Championship ring and has won championships in the Toronto and District Cricket Association and Toronto Rugby Union. Andrew holds an MBA in Knowledge and Learning Management, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama and a Bachelor of Arts in English.