You might think a term like Thought Leadership is decades old. Not really, it is more like years old. It is about 15 years old. The first recorded use of it or the first real use of it in a big setting came from this seller right here – Joel Kurtzman. He is the editor of a couple of magazines most notably Harvard Business Review. But this was his job – to be a Thought Leader, to interview Thought Leaders in its in depth capacity when he interviewed people who are very thoughtful about different ways to innovate around the way business is done that caused him to coin this term – Thought Leadership and a Thought Leader. He said this is somebody who contributes new thoughts to business.

According to leadership expert Dr. John Maxwell, “The most critical problem facing the church today is the leadership vacuum that grew during the Twentieth Century. He says “the American church is dying due to lack of strong leadership.” Dr. Maxwell further asserts that “leadership is influcence, nothing more, nothing less.” This morning as I was lying in bed thinking about a private school I am helping, “The Law of the Lid” came to my mind. Later while journaling, I was prompted to find and post “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” by John Maxwell. Here they are. May these bless you as they have blessed me.

Most of us know that our life’s purpose is more than just a paycheck, and that a life of meaning is not limited to a life of means. Yet many of us suffer the self-imposed misery of doing unfulfilling work simply to make ends meet. We take jobs we don’t love by rationalizing to ourselves that we “have to.” In this society, though, there are very few have-tos. You can choose to do anything you want to with your time. I ask you, is what you are choosing to do with it something that you truly enjoy? Do you get happily lost in your work on a regular basis?

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It wasn’t so long ago that many businesses provided educational seminars for their current clientele and prospective customers. It was common to book a meeting room, take reservations well in advance, then provide a series of small workshops that showed the company’s products, services, advantages, and uniqueness. But that’s not the way it’s done in the age of Web 2.0 marketing. Today online webinars are extremely popular. They are very cheap to host and provide a way for people from all over the world to attend.