Tag: Environment

You Cannot Succeed Alone

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Teamwork makes the dream work.’- DeVon Franklin

When it comes to your growth, when it comes to your success, the people around you matter. Because they have the power to change your direction, to take you to where you don’t want to be.

If that is where you want to go, then don’t worry about changing your environment. Then don’t worry about where you are. Then don’t think about the people you are spending your time with.

I do not think you want to do that to yourself. Because if you don’t take care of your environment, if you don’t care about how you are spending your time, you are just wasting your time.

Don’t waste your time. Use your time wisely. You will do more when you do it with other quality people. You will get a lot down when you bring other quality people into your life.

Don’t do it alone. You cannot win alone. You cannot build a community alone. You cannot create a team alone, not if you are tired of doing the same thing.

The question is, ‘Are you tired of doing the same thing?’

How Good Leaders Make Good Decisions

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report
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‘Being a good leader boils down to one thing: responding to challenges by making good decisions.’

‘You’re always better off rejecting a role than accepting it for the wrong reasons.’

‘You are always negotiating and everything is negotiable.’

‘Leaders lead by building tool kits that they have developed throughout their personal and professional lives.’

‘Leaders need to find the right balance of creating environments for their employees to really enjoy coming to work while at the same time ensuring it is safe and inclusive space for everyone.’

‘Lead the company according to your vision. While it is important to respect the company’s traditions, you will likely have to break a few of them.’

‘Face the finances. If you’re leading a company with unsustainable losses, you won’t be a leader for long.’

‘Strategy begins with your specific approach to company culture and your leadership philosophy.’

‘Your growth strategy should concentrate on the few, strongest opportunities. Companies fail more often by lacking focus than by focusing on the wrong opportunity.’

‘Set short-term goals to achieve your long-term strategy. Small wins boost employee morale and permit for iterative planning.’

Source:

David Siegel (2022). Decide & Conquer: 44 Decisions That Will Make or Break All Leaders