Rise Through The Ranks
Books and stories are strange things - each comes along for so many different reasons and then, when the dust finally settles, leave behind an abundance of learnings and realisations. And, strangely enough, no matter what the reasons for writing a book, the fact remains that each book leaves the authors far more enlightened and empowered than before. This is how it was for the story that we are about to share too. We wanted to write this book for three very specific reasons.
Firstly, because we believe online summits offer a very cost-effective learning resource, which can be accessed by anyone, any time and at any place on any internet-connected device. This was affirmed by the thousands who benefitted from the summit. That is why we thought it would be great to share our experiences so that others keen to organise a summit would be able to learn from our mistakes (and what we did well), and put together their own online summits with much more ease.
Secondly, we believe that everyone loves to learn, and one of the simplest ways to learn is to do so from the experience of other people. Having spent a decade in the learning and development industry, we at INFLUENCE SOLUTIONS knew that we had access to and the goodwill of some very amazing people across the world, and were confident to leverage this to help others learn.
And thirdly. We, the INFLUENCE SOLUTIONS team, were really keen to explore an event that would compel us to learn new technologies and thought processes. We were extremely motivated to put together an event, the creation of which would generate as much learning as the event itself. That is why and how the RISE THROUGH THE RANKS Summit was born, and thus this book.
All three of us (the authors of this summit and this book) are very different people and have differing views, of life and this summit. However, on this one thing we three are in total agreement - the summit was well worth it. RISE THROUGH THE RANKS exceeded all our expectations.
Fraught with tensions, arguments and endless debate, the summit forced us to explore aspects of our personalities as well as the way we work together as a team. It helped us learn things and technologies that we barely knew existed. It helped us learn so much about ourselves, and how to leverage that to not just work together, but forge together into a formidable family / team. And that journey is what this book is all about. We hope you enjoy the book as much as we enjoyed hosting the RISE THROUGH THE RANKS summit.