Tag: Honest

Recruitthebest Daily Digest- Becoming A Reality-Based Leader

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

Great leaders lead their people. They don’t run away when things are not going well.

They don’t blame their people. They do the opposite. They learn from problems.

Above all, a great leader faces his or her reality.

‘If you as a leader do not embrace reality and deal with it directly, those you lead will not know how to invest the precious resources of their time and energy.’

‘Leadership is about winning hearts and minds and consistently calling employees up to greatness by insisting on- and investing in- their growth and development.’

‘Leadership is working on the overall willingness, morale, and capacities of employees rather than micromanaging and becoming overinvolved in their daily activities.’

‘Reality-based laeders help people to change their mindsets, knowing that beliefs- not circumstances- are the greatest predictor of results.’

‘Reality-based leaders know that high expectations are a gift, and that it is not generous or loving to give someone that which they are capable of providing for themselves.’

‘Reality-based leaders make their expectations of the team very clear.’

‘Reality-based leaders assess a team’s results honestly.’

‘Lead the team through a thorough accounting of their individual contributions to the results.’

‘Reality-based leaders do not damage their credibility by perpetuating the ridiculous notion that employees should never bring forward a problem without also having a solution at hand.’

‘Reality-based leaders never entertain complaints about coworkers.’

‘When you’re in judgment, you are dealing with your story- not with reality.’

Source:

CY Wakeman (2010). Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, & Turn Excuses Into Results

This Is What Happens When You Put Your Priorities First

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development

‘When you make sure you put your priorities first, the rest of your life will wrap around and fill in the gaps. … You have to put priorities ahead of the little stuff.’ Chris Hodges

Putting the wrong things ahead of the right things won’t get you to where you want to be. If you want the right things to happen in your life, then you must focus on what is really important to you.

If what you are doing is not what you are supposed to be doing, you are setting yourself up for failure. Because you get what you put into something.

Let us not kid ourselves. If you are not putting the right things first, if you are not taking responsibility for what you are doing, if you are not measuring what you are doing, if you are not paying attention to what is going on in your life, you are not being honest with yourself.

You are playing with your future. Do not do that. Do not limit yourself. God is not going to be happy with you. Because God wants the best for you. Because God wants you do great things in your life. God wants you to be a leader, not a follower.

If you want to be better than you were yesterday, you have got to start putting your priorities first. If you are in doubt, remember that God wants the best for you.