Leadership is not for everybody. Great leaders know that. That is why they don’t even pretend to know everything.
Great leaders lead with courage, not with fear. Great leaders lift their people up. They do that by leading with courage, by going first.
If you want to lead, don’t lead with fear. If you lead with fear, no one is going to follow you.
If you do not have followers, dedicated, loyal followers, you are not a leader.
‘Dare to lead.’To do that, according to Brene Brown, ‘Leaders must either invest a reasonable amount of time attending to fears and feelings, or squander an unreasonable amount of time trying to manage ineffective and unproductive behavior.’
‘Daring leadership is leading from heart, not hurt.’
‘Who we are is how we lead.’
‘It is essential that leadership be one of the explicit priorities for anyone in a role with direct reports- it cannot be a tacked on assumption or done in our spare time.’
Easy learning doesn’t build strong skills.’
‘Setting boundaries is making clear what’s okay and what’s not okay, and why?’
‘Vulnerability minus boundaries is not vulnerability. It’s confession, manipulation, desperation, or shock and awe, but it’s not vulnerability.’
‘Leaders who work from compliance constantly feel disappointed and resentful, and their teams feel scrutinized.’
‘Living into our values means that we do more than profess our values, we practice them. We walk our talk- we are clear about what we believe and hold important, and we take care that our intentions, words, thoughts, and behaviors align with those beliefs.’
‘You cannot establish trust in two days when you find yourself in an organizational crisis; it’s either already there or it’s not.’
Source:
Brene Brown (2018). Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
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