RecruitTheBest Daily Digest- Leadership Is Not For Everyone

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

‘You are lost in the woods if you think you can have positive and productive and productive impact while ignoring the artistic side of your leadership.’

‘If you are going to lead, then perhaps learning to be authentic and accept responsibility is the most courageous place to start.’

‘You must listen to the stories people are telling about you and your culture, and then you must influence the stories.’

‘As a leader, you need to look reality in the face and accept it.’

‘Eliminating pretending as an organizational or personal strategy is a critical step to leading courageously.’

‘It’s time to come to terms with the fact that you simply can’t do it all.’

‘Driving your direct reports into action and encouraging involvement and initiative is critical to building high performance.’

‘Your presence as a leader relates to the heart and soul of who you are much more than it does to what you do.’

‘People are not afraid of taking action; they are afraid of what will happen if they take action.’

‘A courageous leader promotes personal responsibility in the organization.’

‘If you avoid responsibility, responsibility will eventually come back to get you.’

Source:

Mike Staver (2012). Leadership Isn’t for Cowards: How to Drive Performance by Challenging People and Confronting Problems

Recruitthebest Daily Digest- How To Become A Better Person

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

You are who you are. No one is going to be like you . And no one can do your work the way you do it.

If you want to improve yourself, you must embrace everything about your life.

Becoming a better you is not going to happen overnight. You have to wait. You have to be patient with yourself.

And you must be willing to take risks. Calculated ones, not reckless ones.

‘With opportunities come risks, but don’t be afraid to take them.’

When you mess up, don’t blame other people. Hold yourself accountable for your mess. Because ‘lack of accountability in our personal life will certainly lead to problems in our public life.’

Don’t try to be who you are not. Don’t try to do what you are not trained to do. ‘Being who you really are is the first step in becoming better than you are.’

‘To grow, you have to be intentional.’

If you want to grow yourself, you must have your own plan. Because ‘…if you don’t have a plan for personal growth, then don’t expect to grow!’

Growth happens when you are around the greatest, when you are around people who are better than you are. ‘Being around people who are better than we are has a tendency to make us stretch and improve ourselves.’

Do the right thing.’If you keep doing the right thing, you will continue to gain greater responsibility. And the more responsibility you have, the more tough calls you will have to make.’

‘Experience teaches nothing, but evaluated experience teaches everything.’

‘The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.’

‘Anytime you ignore reality for the sake of the relationship, you will have problems.’

‘The acquisition of experience can be costly. But it’s not as costly as not gaining experience.’

Source:

John C. Maxwell (2008). Leadership Gold: Lessosn I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Leading