Micheal Burt Writes On The Art Of Leadership In The 21st Century

With books written in inspirational places such as Hawaii, Alaska, and now Florida, Coach Micheal Burt believes that we are all trying to reach our "highest self" and many times that comes through finding places that touch the deepest part of ones nature.

Bruce Lund sat down with Coach Burt for a quick Q&A session about the overall process of penning his fifth book.

Q: What is the main concept behind your new book?

A: In today's era of wisdom organizations need a new kind of leader, one I refer to as a "CoachingPreneur." This person is a mix between a coach, an entrerpreneur, a visionary, a great sales man, a dream maker, a rain maker, and has an unusually high level of results intelligence. In essence, from my perspective, we are leading with a .22 caliber mind in a .357 magnum world and it we are simply insufficient to move to new levels with these antiquated ways of thinking.

In my new book I take a hard look at a new kind of leadership that includes a model that includes the strategies I used to build a championship culture when there was none and how I am helping to grow million to billion dollar businesses. This methodology is sequential in nature, but begins with the right kind of leader. The organizations who go out and find these leaders and continue to challenge them throughout their work life will win in the tough economic markets of today.

We must always remember, what got us where we are today will not be sufficient to get us where we want to go tomorrow.

Q: What inspired you to come up with that concept?

A: When I was a head coach I constantly looked for ways that articulated me and my programs "differential advantage." For me, it was the holistic approach I used to tap into each part of my player's nature through teaching business concepts in the athletic world. It worked to help us build a deeper connection between us and our purpose that pulled us emotionally toward a future that had not yet manifested.

I packaged those concepts in my intellectual property and began to use it in the business world and have seen tremendous results. Once you create a model and execute that model we can use it in multiple disciplines to drive results, because the model is built on human nature principles and creates systems to measure daily performance toward our dominant focus.

Q: Now that you have authored four books, does it get any easier?

A: Yes. Writing books is about discipline and the ability to articulate what you are doing and how others can replicate it. Now that I have models in place we can pump books out much quicker. Writing a book is liberating and helps one to develop their gifts and share those gifts with thousands, possibly millions of people. It all goes back to the basic point of helping people to reach their deepest human potential, and this is one vehicle to help others achieve this.

Q: What's the main difference you've experience while working on this book opposed to the others?

A: With this book I will have deep hard evidence of the model I'm referring to and it's work in the industries I'm using it. I think this adds real validity to the methodology. Every book is better than the one before because growth is organic. I'm better today than I was then. This book speaks to the real challenges I see in everyday organizations of people trying to move others toward a dream. Some need to define that dream, some need to get people off the bus on the way to the dream, and some just need to focus on leading people toward that dream.
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