Tag: Trustworthy People

Your Actions Are A Witness To The People In Your Life

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Doing is better than talking. People don’t follow talk; they follow actions. They celebrate results. If people are not celebrating you, it is because you are not getting results. You are not doing what you say you are going to do. You are not living your life. You are not meeting your own expectations. And that is a problem.

‘If people are not celebrating you, it is because you are not getting results.’

It is a problem. Why is that? Because people are waiting for you to do well in your life. People are watching you. Some are happy for you to do well in your life. Others are just moving on. They care about you, but they are tired of hearing the same thing. They are tired of waiting. Remember, waiting is good. Too much is not good. And people don’t like to wait for nothing. They like to wait for something.

If things are stuck, talk to people who can help you. If you need help, reach out to people who can help you. Reach out to people who love you, who want you to succeed in your life. Reach out to people who make you smile, who are happy for you, who are not against you.

‘When it comes to building healthy relationships, trust is everything.’

When you are trying to get your life together, when you are doing things that you have not done before in your life, you do not need nagative people around you. You don’t need negative people around your dreams. If you do, you are putting your dreams at risk. Do not do that! It is dangerous!

Trust them. Trust those who are for you, who want you to succeed. But know yourself. Because if you do not trust them, they won’t trust you. Remember, trust is the foundation of all great things. If you want to change your life, start with trust. Talk to people who are in interested in your growth. Talk to them. They are not babies. Do not bottle feed your people. They are stronger than that. They can handle whatever you tell them.

But why is it important to speak out, especially when things are not going well? Because you never know where your help is going to come from. You never know who has the power to help you. That is why you should never hide your pain.

If you want people to help you, you must first help yourself. Do we have a deal?

How To Lead So That People Will Follow You

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Great leaders have followers. Poor leaders have themselves.

The question is, according to Erika Andersen, ‘What is it … that makes someone willing to consider one person his or her leader but not another?’

‘A truly farsighted leader envisions a possible future that responds to and resonates with people’s aspirations for their individual and collective success. … True visionaries often see possibilities where others see difficulty and dead-ends.’

‘People who work with a passionate leader don’t wonder what she stands for or whether she will abandon her principles when the going gets rough.’

‘When the leader commits honestly, based on his or her authentic beliefs about what’s important, people tend to feel it and be drawn into new levels of engagement.’

‘When people observe their leader behaving courageously over time, they are much more willing to follow him or her into new territory. … When the leader lacks courage, people feel as though they need to protect themselves.’

‘When others see that you’re willing to do something that could damage you personally in order to support the success of the organization, they are hugely more likely to line up behind you.’

‘When leaders are wise, we see that they’re considering our welfare and that they’ll do their best to make sure that the enterprise succeeds in a way that supports the success of the greatest possible number of us, their followers.’

‘A leader who is fully generous shares both the power to make decisions and the responsibility for dealing with the consequences of those decisions.’

‘The trustworthy leader tells the truth and keeps her word. She speaks the whole truth (sometimes omission is as much a lie as an outright misstatement) and even tells the truth about not being able to tell the truth.’

‘When a leader is worthy of trust, people reward him or her by becoming more trustworthy themselves. Trust is the essential bond between a true leader and her followers.’

‘Trustworthy leaders are competent. They demonstrate the capability to do the job they have been given (and are honest about any deficits in that regard and how they’ll go about addressing them), and they get the results they’ve committed to achieving.’

Source

Erika Andersen (2012). Leading So People Will Follow