Tag: Presence

Leadership Is Not For Everyone

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

‘You are lost in the woods if you think you can have positive and productive and productive impact while ignoring the artistic side of your leadership.’

‘If you are going to lead, then perhaps learning to be authentic and accept responsibility is the most courageous place to start.’

‘You must listen to the stories people are telling about you and your culture, and then you must influence the stories.’

‘As a leader, you need to look reality in the face and accept it.’

‘Eliminating pretending as an organizational or personal strategy is a critical step to leading courageously.’

‘It’s time to come to terms with the fact that you simply can’t do it all.’

‘Driving your direct reports into action and encouraging involvement and initiative is critical to building high performance.’

‘Your presence as a leader relates to the heart and soul of who you are much more than it does to what you do.’

‘People are not afraid of taking action; they are afraid of what will happen if they take action.’

‘A courageous leader promotes personal responsibility in the organization.’

‘If you avoid responsibility, responsibility will eventually come back to get you.’

Source:

Mike Staver (2012). Leadership Isn’t for Cowards: How to Drive Performance by Challenging People and Confronting Problems

Listening Requires This From You

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘What lovely, larger life becomes ours when we listen to one another.’– Naomi Shihab Nye

We get better when we listen to one another. We connect with other people when we listen. If you want to hear what others are saying, you must listen.

Listen. Listen. Love happens when we listen. Happiness increases when we listen. Listening is a mind builder.

‘Understanding does not occur when we try to intercept what someone wants to say to us by claiming we already know it.’- Hans- Geog Gadamer

Listening is more than just nodding your head. It is more than waiting to say something.

Listening requires your presence. If you are not there, you won’t hear what the other person is saying.

To know what is going on in your life, you must listen to yourself. If you want to know what is going on around you, you must listen.

If you are interested in what your people are doing, you must listen to them.

If you listen, you will hear. If you don’t, you won’t.

When you listen, you make people feel better about themselves. You are less likely to cause anxiety, pain, rejection, or resentment.

You can’t feel others if you don’t listen. According to Eckhart Tolle, ‘You cannot feel someone else’s Being except through your own.’ If you want people to feel your Being, you must listen to them. You can do it.