‘How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams’

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Great leaders build great teams. Great teams are great because their leaders are great. They are treated with love and respect. They have a vision. They know what they are doing. And they create a space for their people to grow.

Great leaders are willing to challenge their own beliefs. They are willing to prove to themselves, through earnest experimentation and adequate repetition, whether something works or not.’

‘Great leaders align their company vision with their employees’ personal vision.’

Great leaders define the tasks for each role first, and then find the best person to fill that role.’

Great leaders identify the few qualities and qualifications that will have the greatest impact in a role and find someone with those attributes.’

Great leaders look beyond what a candidate has done in the past and ask, ‘What can the person do in the future?’

‘Great leaders ask their team to express and document their dreams, however simple, and then guides them in achieving it.’

Great leaders keep their bench full so they can streamline the recruiting process and fill roles faster.’

‘Great leaders confirm that candidates have the skills they need through demonstrations and testing.’

Great leaders know there must be an expected return on their investment, since it is the only way the business can ensure it earns more than it spends.’

Great leaders consider their employees’ safety as times and technology evolve, and when making any new business decision.’

Great leaders give their team control over what to do and how to do it and hold them to their standard.’

Great leaders intentionally create bonding experiences that come from quality and quantity time. The goal is simple: build collective stories among the team.’

Source

Mike Michalowicz (2024). All In: How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams

‘The Art Of Modern Leadership’

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‘A leader is anyone who can influence and impact others tbrough their words, actions and behaviours. A modern leader understands the most effective way to lead is by using their head and their heart.’

Modern leadership is not a matter of everyone becoming a CEO but is about shifting our mindset of the impact and influence we have in the world.’

‘Modern leaders are comfortable not having all the answers.’

‘A modern leader will be on the hunt for negative information, understanding good news is much more likely to have reached them quickly than the bad.’

‘Modern leaders are prepared to challenge their assumptions.’

‘To be curious about the world is to truly seek to understand and, importantly, not to understand only some things but any thing.’

‘We can lead with curiosity through building curious cultures, hiring for curiosity, asking questions and listening to learn.’

Wisdom for modern leaders relates to the way we think about the world and the challenges we face.’

Leading with perspective means seeking to understand the context we are leading in, testing our understanding of that context by talking with users, and gathering data to coordinate the best possible actions required.’

Modern leaders have a growth mindset but realise they can be easily triggered- through stress, criticism or challenges– to fall into a fixed mindset that inhibits growth.’

A modern leader understands the impact our emotions and triggers have on our ability to lead and the impact it has on those around us.’

Source

Kirstin Ferguson (2023). Head and Heart: The Art of Modern Leadership