Recruitthebest Daily Digest- How To Grow Your Organization

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

Leadership development is self-development. To develop other leaders, you must start with yourself.

‘If developing ourselves as leaders is a lifelong process, then we should also expect the development of others in leadership to be an ongoing process that never ends.’

‘Grow a leader- grow the organization. A company cannot grow throughout until its leaders grow within.’

‘The strengths of any organization is a direct result of the strength of its leaders. Weak leaders equal weak organizations. Strong leaders equal strong organizations.

‘Good leaders want more for the people they lead than they want from them.’

‘If you desire to attract and develop leaders, you need to have the wind blowing with you, not against you.’

‘Leaders who genuinely listen and keep confidences gain the trust of the people they work with.’

‘Listening draws people to you, which works much better than trying to push your leadership on them. Empathy builds trust.‘

‘You can never get the best out of people if you don’t know who they are, where they want to go, what they care about, how they think, and how they want to contribute.’

‘As a leader, one of the most important things you can do with anyone you want to develop is to understand and connect with him or her.’

‘No matter how busy you are or how demanding your leadership situation, you will only be able to equip potential leaders effectively if you take the time to gather them close to you and invest time in them.’

‘The way you expand your potential is to help others expand theirs.’

Source:

John C. Maxwell (2020). The Leader’s Greatest Return: Attracting, Developing, and Multiplying Leaders

Recruitthebest Daily Digest- If You Want To Change Your Career, You Must Read This

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

‘Traditional job search methods, such as applying for positions online, don’t work for switchers. You need to be creative in your approach.’

‘The bigger your switch is (industry, functional, or double switch) and the more non-negotiables you have, the more difficult the job search process will be.’

‘There are no guarantees for persistence, sacrifice, and hard work will pay off, but without these qualities, you won’t achieve your job switch.’

‘Deciding to pursue a goal is only the beginning. A successful career change only happens when you take consistent, relevant action.’

‘Ignoring your network, disregarding the market, and failing to prepare for red flags are Switch Killers that will derail your efforts.’

‘Your brain wants to keep you safe, but that instinct can get in the way of the courage you need to successfully make a career switch. Don’t let it!’

‘Loss aversion is a powerful seductress. People feel loss more strongly that gain, so you may be tempted to let things like loss of identity, status, or salary become barriers to your success. Keep top of mind everything you stand to gain by making a switch.’

‘Hirers are also influenced by loss aversion and will tend to go with the ‘safe’ candidate if you don’t assuage their fears about hiring you.’

‘Emotions play a role in every human decision. Recognize this and connect the dots between your experience and how it will solve the hiring manager’s problems so she feels confident bringing you on board.’

‘Bias is a reality in the hiring process, and can be an especially difficult hurdle for switchers. Learn to identify it and engage strategies to overcome it such as using your network to become an insider.’

‘What will you lose if you don’t make this change?’

Source:

Dawn Graham (2018). Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers and Seize Success