Tag: Health and well-being

Becoming A World-Classs Leader

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Great leaders are great learners. You can learn leadership. But the best way to do it is to learn by leading.

‘When things go poorly, take full ownership and mine the mistakes for learnings.’

‘Look back. Learn from your past decisions.’

‘Define your intent. Align your aspirational intent (your most important big-picture goals) with your transactional intent (your goal for any one interaction).

‘Operate with personal consistency.’

‘The language of leadership has to do with actions, not words; signals, not demands. Success is no longer your success. It’s your team’s.’

‘Build critical mass of relationships with key people rather than spreading yourself too thin.’

‘Rock the boat- for the sake of business results.’

‘Overinvest in figuring out what you walked into. What you don’t know will kill you.’

‘Own your calendar and the incoming requests for your time- don’t let them own you.’

‘Get used to life in the permanent spotlight. Smile! It’s good business.’

‘Use small gestures to connect with your team.’

Source:

Elena L. Botelho, Kim R. Powell, and Tahl Raz (2018). The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors that Transform Ordinary People- Into World-Class Leaders

‘How Great Leaders Think’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Leadership is about your people, not about your position. It is about thinking the right thoughts.

If you want your people to follow you, you must take care of their needs and wants.

‘The leadership task is to bring together different sides to engage in a conversation that the parties would often prefer to avoid.’

‘Leaders need to create arenas with rules, roles, and referees and be prepared to tightly manage the exchange.’

‘Adaptive leaders help parties understand why the problem is so difficult and become more willing to find and accept a solution.’

‘Leaders develop self-awareness through ongoing learning about their actions and their impact on others.’

‘A basic leadership responsibility is to shape structure to fit the situation.’

‘Example, not command, holds a team together.’

‘A specialized language fosters cohesion and commitment.’

‘Stories carry history and values and reinforce group identity.’

‘Ritual and ceremony lift spirits and encourage creativity.’

‘Soul is the secret of success.’

‘Diverse leadership supports a team’s competitive advantage.’

Source:

Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal (2014). How Great Leaders Think: The Art of Reframing