RecruitTheBest Daily Digest- ‘Entrepreneurial Leadership’ In Action

Realise you will need different operating systems for different tasks as you move from manager to leader. Be flexible and patient with yourself as you try on different lenses.’

Don’t let your brand limit you to the familiar. Understand your meta brand and its possibilities.’

Every entrepreneurial leader needs a plan to help him or her escape the strong gravitational pull of work.’

Set boundaries on your work to make room for nonwork interests and communities.’

Work hard to articulate a clear purpose, a desired end result, what winning looks like.’

Break down your mission into a limited number of goals that can be measured by meaningful, qualified, and time-bound deliverables.’

Ensure your goals align with your values and with the actions necessary to achieve them.’

Make sure everyone in your organization can recite its top three goals.’

Correct misalignments unless they are over values. When values aren’t aligned, someone must leave the organization.’

Invest in culture by rewarding those who behave consistently with it and coaching or removing those who violate it.’

‘Teams succeed and fail together.’

Trust is enhanced by delivering on promises.’

Source:

Joel Peterson (2020). Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff

RecruitTheBest Daily Digest- Becoming A Great Leader

Great leadership is all about lifelong learning. It does not stop. ‘

Leadership is dynamic; it is not static. It is driven by the changing context that is continuously shaped by our changing landscapes and further propelled by a leader’s own choice about renewal and dispelling of long-beliefs.’

Leaders make a big mistake if they become overly comfortable in a context because they’re good at it.’

Leading better begins and ends with the human dynamic at the center.’

Better leaders view adaptability as a true form of continuous learning and a means to embrace change.’

Character is powered by a leader’s core values; it reflects the depth and breadth of who they are and what they stand for in any circumstance, regardless of is demands.’

Leaders making adjustments quickly get past the hard part of feeling vulnerable or exposed or silly because it offset by the positive impact that immediately becomes obvious.’

Self-assessment leads to learning.’

Reflecting on why a certain behavior was used, why it had a negative impact or outcome, is exercising empathy and insight.’

No one leaders has all the answers – ongoing learning is the ‘breakfast of champions”

Leading teams to success means creating heroes.’

Source:

Rose M. Patten (2023). Intentional Leadership: The Big 8 Capabilities Setting Leaders Apart