The subject of civic engagement begs the question of whether the involvements of sage leaders come at high cost. It is in this domain that we correctly anticipated the greatest differences between emerging and senior sage leaders.

More than half of the 50 senior sages say there is no personal sacrifice in their civic engagements. For them, the benefits far out-weigh personal costs.

While emerging sage leaders identify with all five motivations, most senior sages are chiefly motivated by altruism and self-interest—and a few by power.

In this fourth issue we investigate both the motivations associated with civic engagement for these men and women and the sacrifices being made by them on behalf of this engagement.

Emerging sage leaders tend to be motivated in one of five ways to become civically engaged.

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I had the honor of being interviewed recently by Stacey Chadwell for tce.com (The Coach Exchange) on BlogTalkRadio. We talked about passion, Seal the Deal, the Three G’s of Sales Success, my favorite coaching question, the intersection of Leadership and Business Development, a bit about social media, and why you should never give away free coaching sessions as a marketing …