How To Stay Fresh And Relevant

In order to stay fresh and relevant, innovation has to be constant.’

Leading innovation is about leading people into and through change.’

To become an innovator, you don’t need to disrupt your whole industry. You just need to focus on building relationships with your key customers and empower your team to find innovative ways to serve them better.’

By empowering your workers to try a different approach, new solutions can be discovered, and that’s what leads to growth.’

Every innovation doesn’t have to be disruptive. The world needs both disruptive and adaptive change/innovation.’

When you develop a culture within your team that encourages open communication and empowers people to come up with new ways of doing things, you’re encouraging agility, which results in innovation.’

If we stay in our comfort zone, we will not grow as leaders.’

Embracing change means that people need to be convinced that the change has value and is worth embracing. To do this, leaders should focus much on the people side of change as they do on the logistical side of it.’

No matter what is happening around us, we can only lead on the day we are leading.’

You have to put your attention to where you want to go, not where you don’t want to go.’

What do you need more of or less of?’

Source:

Dale Carnegie & Associates. Lead! How to Build a High-Performing Team

Want To Win?

Yes, leadership is not about you. But if you are not winning, then what is going on?

If you are not winning, you are losing. If you are not losing, you are winning.

If you are not growing, you are dying. If you are not going forward, you are doing the opposite.

The question is not if you will make a mistake, it is when. Mistakes will happen. Great leaders learn from them and apply what they’ve learned going forward.’

No one can do it alone. Leveraging other people’s intellect, relationships, and experience as well as establishing your own relationships will propel your success as a leader.’

As a leader, one of your most important jobs is to create other leaders.’

Today’s employees are looking for representation in their leaders. They want to see people who look like them with a seat at the table.’

‘There is no innovation without diversity.’

‘Great leaders accept that we all have biases and look for ways to mitigate them in hiring, development, and elsewhere.’

‘As a leader, you must make sure your team understands that diverse means different, not less qualified.’

People value being seen, and as a leader, you have an opportunity to inspire people when you recognize them. It is a way of saying, ‘You are important to this team; I value that you are here.’ It is extremely empowering.’

‘While it is not always easy or comfortable, direct communication and the courage to ‘call a thing a thing’ are the fastest and most productive ways to a solution.’

Leading today requires the ability to transform … people, situations, and yourself.’

Transparency builds trust.’

Source:

Carla A. Harris (2022). Lead to Win: How to Be a Powerful, Impactful, Influential Leader in Any Environment