<p><img style="border-width:0;" border="0" alt="Follow The Leader:  Dot Woodall (Koerber-Walker collection) all rights reserved" align="right" src="http://new.corepurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/followtheleader_woodall_wal.jpg" width="244" height="226">So much is written about leadership, about teams, and about the&nbsp; importance of both.&nbsp; </p> <p>Sometimes we choose the path of leadership and sometimes it chooses us.&nbsp; Most leaders will tell you that to be a good leader is to be a good follower.</p> <p>We follow a vision, a mission, a plan.&nbsp; And thru our words and actions others may choose to follow us.</p> <p>Have you given thought to who or why you follow? Everyone follows someone and something at different times of their lives.</p> <p>But the time will come for each of us when we are called forward to lead.&nbsp; </p> <p>Recently I had the chance to connect with some amazing women at the Society of Women Engineers.&nbsp; When I was sharing ideas with them during the dinner keynote one of the questions from the day came back to me.&nbsp; The question was ....could women lead and be recognized as leaders.</p> <p>Here is what I had to share...</p> <p></p> <div style="display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:ef7761da-c0ae-4c03-8ad4-8c71cd6f5d8f" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div>[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOkxN2EvJyk]</div></div> <p></p> <p>Choosing to lead is a decision. And to be ready when your opportunity to lead appears, you need to decide to prepare.&nbsp; That means getting your education, building your network, and refining your skill sets so that when your turn comes you can be a GREAT leader.&nbsp; </p> <p><strong>CorePurpose Publishing</strong> recently had the chance to work with another great leader, Amilya Antonetti.&nbsp; <a href="http://new.corepurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/0974705691.jpg"><img style="border-width:0;" border="0" alt="The Recipe - ISBN10: 0974705691" align="right" src="http://new.corepurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/0974705691_thumb.jpg" width="174" height="244"></a> Her newest book, <em><a href="http://www.amilya.com/the-recipe/" target="_blank">The Recipe: A fable for leaders and teams</a> </em>releases officially on May 1, 2010 and is already getting <a href="http://www.amilya.com/the-recipe/people-are-talking-about-the-recipe" target="_blank">great feedback</a>.&nbsp; . As the publisher, it was an honor to work with her on this project.&nbsp;&nbsp; In it Amilya shares what she has learned about leaders and their teams in a wonderful story sprinkled with "Little Spoonfuls" of tips, tools, and even some questions that give us food for thought.&nbsp; Another friend of ours, Kathy Kolbe the author of <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Instinct-Kathy-Kolbe/dp/0971799938/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1268604305&amp;sr=8-3" target="_blank">Pure Instinct: The M.O. of High Performance People</a> and Teams</em>, graciously wrote the forward for the book.&nbsp; </p> <p>To learn more about Amilya's book, <a href="http://www.amilya.com/the-recipe/" target="_blank">The Recipe</a>, and Kathy's book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Instinct-Kathy-Kolbe/dp/0971799938/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1268604305&amp;sr=8-3" target="_blank">Pure Instinct</a>, just click on their links.&nbsp; </p> <p>You see, women CAN lead and they make great leaders.&nbsp; Not only that, we make great collaborative teammates.&nbsp; Amilya and Kathy are proof of that.&nbsp; </p> <p>So now is the time to get ready.&nbsp; 2010 begins the decade of our success and the choices are ours.&nbsp; The question is ... What are we going to do with it and what will we choose?</p> <p>Thanks for stopping by.&nbsp; Stay Tuned....</p> <p>Joan Koerber- Walker</p> <div style="display:inline;float:none;margin:0;padding:0;" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:417deacc-3cce-4776-8d0f-31b1e354244a" class="wlWriterSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Joan%20Koerber-Walker" rel="tag">Joan Koerber-Walker</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/CorePurpose" rel="tag">CorePurpose</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/CorePurpose%20Publishing" rel="tag">CorePurpose Publishing</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Amilya%20Antonetti" rel="tag">Amilya Antonetti</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/The%20Recipe" rel="tag">The Recipe</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Kathy%20Kolbe" rel="tag">Kathy Kolbe</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Pure%20Instinct" rel="tag">Pure Instinct</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Creating%20High%20Performace%20Peopleand%20Teams" rel="tag">Creating High Performace Peopleand Teams</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Leadership" rel="tag">Leadership</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/results" rel="tag">results</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/preparing%20for%20leadership" rel="tag">preparing for leadership</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/opportunities" rel="tag">opportunities</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/business" rel="tag">business</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/business%20trade" rel="tag">business trade</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/video" rel="tag">video</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/leadership%20keynote" rel="tag">leadership keynote</a></div>