The ROI of Relationships — Steve Farber and Patrick Lencioni on “Greater Than Yourself”
The first thing I noticed when I met Steve Farber were these linebacker shoulders that appeared as if they could support the world. Then he said, “Hello, let’s get breakfast,” and the smile in his eyes and voice made me think of Butch and Sundance saying in the old movie, “Who is this guy?”
Steve Farber had been someone I’d wanted to meet since the second I’d read both of books, The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership
and The Radical Edge: Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World
back to back.
The charcters in his business fables, one particular named Agnes, had become people, friends to me. Agnes had sent me on a quest to identify that single value that wrapped up all my values into one. She called it “finding your frequency.”
Now Steve has a new book called Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership.
In this new fable Steve investigates the story of a note he found inside the case of a guitar he bought, He meets people who believe that raising others up above themselves is the greatest form leadership. It sounds simple: expand yourself, give yourself, replicate yourself. But the commitment to choose another person well, to offer over all you know and give access to is a huge and wonderful form of extreme leadership.
In the video below, Steve talks to Patrick Lencioni and Matthew Kelly — their story is told in the introduction to the book. You’ll find more about them and others on the Greater Than Yourself site.
Greater Than Yourself officially launches April 6th. It’s not only the fable, but also case stories and tools for starting your Greater Than Yourself project. Check it out.
Steve will be stopping in at SOBCon this year. I can’t wait to see him. I’ve already started working on my Greater Than Yourself Project. You can learn how to start yours by reading this book.
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The title here alone caught my eye. Helping others reach their greatness, even if it surpasses your own…that’s a very worthy thing to achieve indeed.
And it’s quite character-building for your own personal-development as well.
Hey Liz! Thanks for the great words on GTY. The book’s still a baby, but I have to say that I’m very encouraged by readers’ responses so far. At the request of my publisher, our big push has been moved back to April 20 to give them time to distribute books from the first reprint. I look forward to popping in at SobCon!
It would be impossible to overstate how excited I am for SOBCON09. Not only is it my first trip to Chicago, you have this fantastic agenda set up and the opportunity to connect with people of big heart and generosity. Steve’s book sounds great.
See you in 27 days.