Tag: Courageous

When ‘Courage Goes To Work’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘The safer people feel, the more risks they are likely to take. People extend themselves when the consequences for doing so are forgiving.’

‘The best way to find places to TRY Courage is to look for things that people are complaining about and then take actions to remove the complaints.’

‘TRY, TRY Courage forges ahead, relentlessly and tenaciously, despite setbacks.’

‘Trust Courage involves taking risks on other people and accepting that you might get harmed in the process.’

‘Building TRUST Courage Involves releasing control to others, giving them a voice, and sharing vulnerabilties.’

‘TELL Courage is the courage of ‘voice.’ It involves having independently formed opinions, telling the truth, and being accountable for your own mistakes.’

‘Admitting you are wrong and saying you’re sorry are forms of TELL Courage.’

‘Courageous conversations are designed to help teams confront and address- in a sober and adult way- issues that are getting in the way of superior performance.’

‘Courage takes its fullest and noblest form when it is shaped and tempered by intelligence, discipline, focus, and morality.’

‘Courageous Conversations involve a mature give and take.’

‘What kind of role model will you be?’

Bll Treasurer (2019). Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, & Get Results

How To Navigate Leadership In A Changing World

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Leadership is not easy. It is not for people who don’t know what they want for themselves.

Leadership is not for those who don’t believe that they have what it takes to make a difference in the world.

Leadership is for people who are not afraid to do what other people don’t want to do.

If you are comfortable with yourself, leadership is for you.

‘If you lead from your best self, you feel exellence and even elation within you.’

‘If you are not able to enact courage to have a conversation or take action, the effects are significant.’

‘If you practice self-awareness, you can more easily notice fear, pause for reflective sense-making, and act.’

‘Acknowledging when you don’t know something sets up conditions for receiving support.’

‘Inspiring vision requires you to be a continuous student, learning from various outlets.’

‘Remember that every individual retains areas where they are not strong.’

‘Being an inclusive leader means you don’t have to be the superhero. You don’t have to know everything and do everything.’

‘Conrageous conversation mean being fearless in having direct conversations but in a thoughtful and gracious manner.’

‘As an authentic leader, if you make a mistake, own it, and try to make things better.’

‘The willingness to share of yourself in contextually appropriate and honest ways is important for buidling followership and building the next generation of leaders.’

Source:

Susan MacKenty Brady, Janet Foutty, & Lynn Perry Wooten (2022). Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership