Tag: Success

‘The Art Of Modern Leadership’

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

‘How Working Women Can Overcome Stress, Guilt, And Overload To Find True Success’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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When you manage yourself, you manage your life. When you manage your life, you manage yourself.

When you can manage yourself, then, only then, can you manage your work.

To overcome stress, guilt, and overload, according to Meghan French Dunbar,

‘A holistic approach blending numerous healthy ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ traits has been proven to be far more effective, driving better employee engagement and retention; decreasing the likelihood of burnout; increasing employees’ feeling of thriving outside work; building more trust with the team; and increasing innovation, creativity, and team member growth.’

‘Before heading into significant meetings, presentations, events, or even one-on-one conversations, review your values and reflect on how they could guide you in this interaction.’

‘Cultivating authentic leadership means doing the work necessary to feel comfortable in your own skin– to value the experience regardless of who else is in the room and offer it freely, knowing that it benefits you and those around you.’

‘When following the crowd means stifling your truth, compromising your values, or holding your true self back, you’ll never be able to fully step into your authentic power.’

‘Trying to assimilate by changing yourself has been linked to loss of identity and increased depression, mental illness, burnout, and chronic disease.’

‘… If you regularly give your limited energy to things that fall outside what you claim to value, you can’t genuinely live according to your values.’

‘Optimized leaders understand that being overextended, stressed, or depleted stands in the way of being their best selves.’

‘When you’re exhausted, depleted, and overextended, you can’t tune into yourself and show up with intention.’

‘Difficult as it might be, part of optimizing yourself might be releasing people from your life who aren’t aligned with your values; consistently drain your energy, feel exploitative; lead to frequent unnecessary drama…’

‘When you insist on controlling everything in your life ... you put unnecessary stress on yourself and deny the people around you the opportunity to step up and grow.’

Source

Meghan French Dunbar (2025). This Isn’t Working: How Working Women Can Overcome Stress, Guilt, and Overload to Find True Success