This Is Why Great Leaders Are Needed Today Than Ever

Leadership is about how you make people feel.’

Leadership should not be an earned status.’

True leaders can deal with challenging situations while their mind is relaxed.’

Leadership is not necessarily a person, it is a mindset which can be applied by anyone.’

It takes a leadership state of mind to bring people together and get the most out of their shared moments.’

The key requirement to managing an open focus is self-awareness.’

Leadership that is not controlling, not driven by competition and non-judgmental. It is the type of leadership that creates the space for people to connect and co-create.’

Anything unforeseen can be turned into an opportunity.’

By paying attention to outliers, better arguments can be built to support the final collective choice.’

You cannot force growth, you can only nurture growth.’

‘Only when the why is well-formulated does it make sense to proceed.’

‘When it is hard to find the right approach, it is a really good idea to sleep on it.’

Source:

Alwin Put (2021). Captains of Leadership: Build your Facilitative Confidence

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