Hi, Mary - very nicely organized and interesting post.

So the big takeaway I see is that to inspire others, you have to be inspired yourself, whether you find inspiration through self-reflection or from others.

As a goal, this beats the heck out of increased productivity, higher revenue, lower turn-over, and all those other measurements we throw around.

Now the question becomes (in my mind at least), "How or Can we measure inspiration?"   Not an idle question - many of the essential leadership traits and qualities seem rather "unmeasurable", at least by normal standards.

I don't think we can get away with just saying "I know it when I see it", even though that is undoubtably true.

Any thoughts:)?

John