Tag: Leadership Agility

A Servant Leader

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

‘Effective servant leaders don’t just use different strokes for different folks, they also use different strokes for the same folks.’

‘The best minute servant leaders spend is the one they invest in people.’

‘Servant leadership is the best way to achieve both great results and great relationships.’

‘The best use of power is in service to people.’

‘Servant leaders don’t command people to obey; they invite people to follow.’

‘Servant leaders love feedback.’

‘People who produce good results feel good about themselves.’

‘Servant leaders are distinguished by putting the needs of their followers ahead of their own.’

‘A leader without a clear purpose is like a ship without a rudder- it is taken wherever the wind blows.’

‘Humble leaders put themselves on the same level as their team members and are willing to be real with others.’

‘Listen to learn.’

Source:

Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley (2022). Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust

How To Become A Better Person

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

You are who you are. No one is going to be like you . And no one can do your work the way you do it.

If you want to improve yourself, you must embrace everything about your life.

Becoming a better you is not going to happen overnight. You have to wait. You have to be patient with yourself.

And you must be willing to take risks. Calculated ones, not reckless ones.

‘With opportunities come risks, but don’t be afraid to take them.’

When you mess up, don’t blame other people. Hold yourself accountable for your mess. Because ‘lack of accountability in our personal life will certainly lead to problems in our public life.’

Don’t try to be who you are not. Don’t try to do what you are not trained to do. ‘Being who you really are is the first step in becoming better than you are.’

‘To grow, you have to be intentional.’

If you want to grow yourself, you must have your own plan. Because ‘…if you don’t have a plan for personal growth, then don’t expect to grow!’

Growth happens when you are around the greatest, when you are around people who are better than you are. ‘Being around people who are better than we are has a tendency to make us stretch and improve ourselves.’

Do the right thing.’If you keep doing the right thing, you will continue to gain greater responsibility. And the more responsibility you have, the more tough calls you will have to make.’

‘Experience teaches nothing, but evaluated experience teaches everything.’

‘The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.’

‘Anytime you ignore reality for the sake of the relationship, you will have problems.’

‘The acquisition of experience can be costly. But it’s not as costly as not gaining experience.’

Source:

John C. Maxwell (2008). Leadership Gold: Lessosn I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Leading