Tag: Trust

Productivity Rules That Work

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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As a leader, if you want your people to do well, you must make sure that they have the right tools to do their work.

According to Laszlo Bock, ‘Give people slightly more trust, freedom, and authority than you are comfortable giving them. If you’re not nervous, you haven’t given them enough.’

‘Make recruiting part of everyone’s job.’

‘Don’t be afraid to try crazy things to get the attention of the best people.’

‘Set a high bar for quality.’

‘Eliminate status symbols.’

‘Make decisions based on data, not based on manager’s opinions.’

‘Find ways for people to shape their work and the company.’

‘Put your best people under a microscope.’

‘Set a personal example by sharing and acting your own feedback.’

‘Giving employees the opportunity to teach gives them purpose.’

‘A learning organization starts with a recognition that all of us want to grow and to help others grow.’

Source:

Laszlo Bock (2015). Work Rules! : Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead

How Great Leaders Communicate

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Whether you are in a leadership position or not, if you want to win, connecting with other people is the only way to get there.

In her book Communicate Like a Leader: Connecting Stratrgically to Coach, Inspire, and Get things Done, Dianna Booher writes, ‘Effective communicators know that their body language and behavior trump their words.’

‘Strong communicators trade on trust. It’s their currency.’

‘Strategic thinkers use leading questions to advance a discussion and their cause.’

‘Nothing starts you on the road to recovering trust like admitting to your troops your lapse in judgment.’

‘Words are never the whole story.’

‘Getting upset boosts your blood pressure; laughing and a lighthearted culture boosts your productivity and your influence.’

‘With the pressures of leadership, you have a choice- to get upset or to get a laugh.’

‘Nothing makes leaders look more capable than handling tough questions with credibility and ease.’

‘Your document should not reflect everything you know about a subject. It should reflect everything you think significant.’

‘As with race cars, what’s ‘under the hood’ drives a meeting’s overall success.’

‘If you show up physically, be present mentally.‘

Source:

Dianna Booher (2017). Communicate Like a Leader: Connecting Strategically to Coach, Inspire, and Get Things Done