1. Never teaches beyond his example – Many leaders in today’s modern day culture know principles, but few live out those convictions. As a result they tend to lead on intentions rather then actual example. It’s rare to find someone that not only teaches timeless principles, but then goes out and acts on them. Orrin is one of the few thought leaders in the leadership industry that has actually gone out and built a business applying the principles he teaches instead of just writing about principles in a book.
2. Has a tremendous hunger to learn – One of the greatest coaches of all time, John Wooden, said “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” If leaders do not continue to grow and learn they will fall back mentally and in influence. There is no staying the same in leadership - you are either growing or shrinking. Many leaders become to confident and believe they have all the answers. I have heard Orrin say many times, “I hate the term expert because and expert has all the answers and we are really all students attempting to learn every day.”
3. Leads an organization without force – The purist form of leadership is when you can lead another person without force or fear. If a person can’t lead without a title then giving that person a title will yield the same results. Orrin has developed a worldwide business empire on a purely volunteer and pay for performance culture. In other words people follow his leadership not because they have to, but because they want to. He has constantly given his best to his organization and as a return he has gotten the best from his organization.
According to the, TopLeadershipGurus.com website, the Selection Criteria for inclusion on the Top 25 Leadership Gurus List is as follows:
1. Those listed must be full-time contributors to the field of leadership;
2. Those listed must be published authors on the topic of leadership;
3. Those listed must be frequent Keynote speakers on the topic of leadership
4. Those listed must have a credible personal brand based upon their digital footprint, public voting, quality and dispersion of publications and writing, etc.;
5. Those listed must possess outstanding character and professional reputation.
On a personal note, I have been in the corporate leadership development industry for many years and have frequently conversed and worked with several top corporate leaders and leadership authors. Orrin has come into the leadership world by storm over the past two years and his impact has been remarkable! In addition to his recent nomination into this prestigious leadership fraternity he has also achieved many other milestones over the past two years in the leadership community:
- Top 10 Leadership Guru’s to follow on Twitter
- Over 90,000 people following on Twitter
- HR’s Top 100 Blogs for Management and Leadership
- Top 10 Blog for Team Building
- Alltop Leadership Selection
- Universities Online Top 100 Leadership Blog
- “Top 250 Most Interesting People” on Twitter
Congratulations Orrin and know the applause of what you have done today will pale in comparison to the impact your leadership will have on the great assignments you have ahead of you to conquer!
Lead On,
Matt Franks
