Tag: Leadership Aspirations

10 Things All Great Leaders Do Differently

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report
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Leadership starts with you. If you want to lead, ask yourself this question: ‘Why do I want to lead?’

‘Do I have what it takes to lead?’ If you do not have it, then don’t even go there!

‘As a leader, you are only as good as your last decision.’

‘You simply can’t become a great leader until you are a great communicator.’

‘Your job as leader is to take a 30,000 foot view of your organization and your industry, so that you can spot opportunities that will create real competitive advantage.’

‘Some of the biggest mistakes leaders make are the result of failing to ensure resources are adequate and strategies are feasible.’

‘When it comes to responsibilities, clarity breeds confidence, and confusion breeds disillusion.’

‘Walk your talk, be respectful, and earn the respect that will make your people want to follow you to the ends of the Earth.’

‘Prepare for contingencies ahead of time, so you won’t be blindsided by unexpected consequences of your actions.’

‘People won’t perform until the organization feels like a common unit that everyone has a vested interest in, and often it’s little things that help to make this happen.’

‘Everyone wants results, but the leaders who build a sense of utter and complete focus in their people are the ones who get it done.’

‘Leaders must learn to take all kinds of risks, not just those that involve business strategies.’

Source:

Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (2012). Leadership 2.0

‘The Dichotomy Of Leadership’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report
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‘Leaders must be close with their people, but not so close that it becomes a problem. They must hold the line with discipline but not become tyrannical.’

‘A good leader builds powerful, strong relationships with his or her subordinates.’

‘Micromanagement fails because no one person can control multiple people executing a vast numbers of actions in a dynamic environment, where changes in the situation occur rapidly and with unpredictability.’

‘… Leaders must carefully evaluate when and where to hold the line and when to allow some slack.’

‘Leadership capital is the recognition that there is a finite amount of power that any leader possesses.’

‘Leaders are responsible for the output of the individual on their team. The goal of any leader is to get the most out of every individual- to push each individual to reach his or her maximum potential so that the team itself can reach its maximum potential.’

‘A leader must be loyal to his individual team members and take care of them, but at the same time he must be loyal to the team itself and ensure that very member of the team has a net positive impact and doesn’t detract from mission execution.’

‘Leadership- at every level- is the critical factor in whether a team succeeds or fails.’

‘Training must stimulate realistic challenges and apply pressure to decision-makers. If training doesn’t push the team beyond the limits of what’s easy, the team, and particularly leaders within the team, will never develop the capacity to take on greater challenges.’

‘As aggressive as leaders must be, leaders must be cautious that they are not ‘running to their death’ simply because their instinct is to take action.’

Source:

Jocko Willink & Leif Babin (2018). The Dichotomy of Leadership