Tag: Leadership Failure

Why People Do Great Work

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Workplace Learning
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Why do we work? Why do people do great work?

Work is not about money. Work is about growth. Work is about how we express ourselves. Work is how we show our inner selves.

If you want to know a good person, look at how they work.

According to Hubert Joly, ‘Through work, we are part of a web of human interactions, dealing with colleagues, customers, suppliers, and so on.’

‘We all work– and lead- best when we embrace vulnerability, learn from failure, and strive to be our best rather than the best.’

‘Companies are not souless entities. They are human organizations made of individuals who work together toward a common purpose. When that common purpose aligns with their own individual searches for meaning, it can unleash a kind of human magic that results in outstanding performance.’

‘Business does well by doing well.‘

‘Employees stand at its center because the secret of business is to have great people do great work for customers in a way that delivers great results.’

‘Doing great work starts when people feel treated like individuals- not human capital- in a work environment where they can thrive.’

‘Doing great work for customers happens when employees relate to these customers as human beings, not walking wallets.’

‘Treat everyone as a customer, as a human being with real needs.’

‘When a business is in trouble, listening to the individuals on the front line is the best place to quickly identify what ‘crazy’ goofy, or stupid’ things … have been getting in the way.’

Source:

Hubert Joly (2021). The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism

Leading With Purpose?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report
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‘You get up every day and aim to be better than you were yesterday.’

‘What you can control is who you are and how you respond to the challenges that come your way.’

‘Tapping into the great power of incremental improvement takes patience, persistence, and faith.’

‘People won’t follow you if you’re sitting in the corner sucking your thumb and talking about how bad things are.’

‘Quit talking about what you’re going to do. Quit writing down what you’re going to do, and go do it.’

‘Quit writing down what you’re going to do, and go do it.’–

John Addison

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‘Real leadership is about building other people and shining your light on them, not on yourself.’

‘The only way you get to the top is by pulling a whole lot of other people up with you.’

‘Great leaders aren’t remembered for what they do when everything is going along fine.’

‘If you want to be a leader, you have to be that leader before you have the title.’

‘Real leaders know that the greatest challenges come from within themselves.’

Source:

John Addison (2016). Real Leadership: 9 Simple Practices for Leading and Living with Purpose