If speaking is a form of leading and a leader needs certain attributes in order to be effective then you as a speaker need those attributes as well.. What are those attributes? They are...

Why are some people truly motivational when they lead? I believe that one factor is what is motivating the speaker. Speakers enter a different state when...

In our culture we tend to accept an invitation to any meeting without question. I would suggest to you that we need to change our response and ask questions for each request. For instance, a meeting without an agenda usually ends up being something between a social party and a bickering session. Neither you nor the organization is going to benefit from spending your time in that way.

One particularly bad example from early in my career comes to mind. The organization I worked for hired a new director for our department - a director who had something to prove. She could have earned respect by doing what was right for the company but instead she demanded it. She demonstrated that she had the power to insist on respect by throwing her political weight around.