Tag: Leaders

‘It’s Not About You’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Is it really about you? Life is not about us. It is about other people. When you put other people first, they will put you first.

In business and in life, when you respect and love other people, when you focus on making the world a better place, you are not helping the world; you are helping yourself.

Life is not about you because you need other people to get things done. No matter how smart you are, there is so much you can do alone.

According to Bob and John, ‘Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interest first.’

‘It’s not about you. … It’s about them.’

The best way to increase your influence is to give it away.’

‘Anyone can come up with a vision. The hard part is holding.’

‘Keep seeing in your mind’s eye where it is you’re going even when nobody else does. Especially when nobody else does.’

‘Give people something good to live up to– something great- and they usually will.’

‘Embrace the hurt and it deepens you, makes you a richer person. Deny, reject, hold it at bay, fight it off, and it simply hardens you.’

‘Sometimes it’s time to move to a bigger building.’

‘You can lead only as far as you grow. And you will grow only as far as you let yourself.’

‘What you have to give, you offer least of all through what you say; in greater part, through what you do; but in greatest part through who you are.’

Source:

Bob Burg and John David Mann (2011). It’s Not About You: A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business

10 Things All Great Leaders Do Differently

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report
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Leadership starts with you. If you want to lead, ask yourself this question: ‘Why do I want to lead?’

‘Do I have what it takes to lead?’ If you do not have it, then don’t even go there!

‘As a leader, you are only as good as your last decision.’

‘You simply can’t become a great leader until you are a great communicator.’

‘Your job as leader is to take a 30,000 foot view of your organization and your industry, so that you can spot opportunities that will create real competitive advantage.’

‘Some of the biggest mistakes leaders make are the result of failing to ensure resources are adequate and strategies are feasible.’

‘When it comes to responsibilities, clarity breeds confidence, and confusion breeds disillusion.’

‘Walk your talk, be respectful, and earn the respect that will make your people want to follow you to the ends of the Earth.’

‘Prepare for contingencies ahead of time, so you won’t be blindsided by unexpected consequences of your actions.’

‘People won’t perform until the organization feels like a common unit that everyone has a vested interest in, and often it’s little things that help to make this happen.’

‘Everyone wants results, but the leaders who build a sense of utter and complete focus in their people are the ones who get it done.’

‘Leaders must learn to take all kinds of risks, not just those that involve business strategies.’

Source:

Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (2012). Leadership 2.0