Month: May 2026

This Is Leadership

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Leadership is not easy. It is okay if you do not know how to do it. But if it is what you want to do, you can learn it.

According to Simon Sinek, ‘Leadership takes work. It takes time and energy.’

‘Leadership is always a commitment to human beings.’

‘Leadership is not a license to do less; it is a responsibility to do more.’

‘Leadership, true leadership, is not the bastion of those who sit at the top. It is the responsibility of anyone who belongs to the group.’

‘It is not the work we remember with fondness, but the comaraderie, how the group came together to get things done.’

‘Leadership is about taking responsibility for lives and not numbers. Managers look after our numbers and our results and leaders look after us.’

‘Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.’

‘Building trust requires nothing more than telling the truth.’

‘Leadership comes from telling us not what we want to hear, but rather what we need to hear.’

‘Leadership is not a rank worn on a collar. It is a responsibility that hinges almost entirely on character.’

‘Leadership is about integrity, honesty and accountability.’

Source:

Simon Sinek (2017). Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t

Why Leaders Go First

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
Photo by Ivan S on Pexels.com

As a leader, if you want to make a difference in your life, you must go first. You must start first. You must have the courage to go first.

When you go first, you are ahead of those who are still waiting for someone to tell them when to start.

That is what great leaders do. They go first. They don’t wait for someone else to tell them when to start doing things.

According to Brian Tracy, ‘Leaders don’t wait for someone else to do something.’

‘Leadership is about responsibility, and that includes the responsibility for taking control of your life and ensuring your happiness.’

‘Leaders take care of themselves physically, mentally, and emotionally, which gives them the energy and peace of mind to deal with the challenges and stress of leadership.’

‘Leaders are paid to make the difficult decisions, and sometimes that means issuing a command.’

‘Good leaders are able to find people who are strong where they are weak; that way they can concentrate on developing their own strengths to even greater heights.’

‘Leaders are self-motivated to put in the work required to achieve their dreams.’ Leaders work harder. Leaders work faster. Leaders work longer hours.’

‘Effective leaders treat everyone, the weak and the powerful, in the same way.’

‘Leaders recognize that they are not perfect, but know that they are still competent and skilled.’

‘Leaders commit themselves to excellent performance. They will accept nothing else from themselves or others.’

‘Leaders believe that they have the control in their hands- otherwise, they could not be leaders.’

Source:

Brian Tracy (2014). Leadership