Why the Best Leaders Invest in Their Most Important Assets
Leaders make tough business decisions every day that vary in importance and size. Due to the Coronavirus, many leaders are being forced into making critical decisions with less time; one of those is, where to invest in order to be better-positioned as they emerge.
7 Things in Leadership That Require No Talent But Lead to Enormous Success
Essentially, the “natural born leader” is a bit of a myth. Instead, leadership is something that you can develop and grow through strengthening a specific set of skills.
The Real Reason People Leave Their Manager
“I didn’t know what my job was, why I was doing it and how I was doing.” It was those words that summarized almost exactly why the cliche “People leave managers, not companies” is true. Reality had set in, she was leaving me, not the business.
The Value of Values
The truth is, an organization’s core values aren’t based on the executives that run it. An organization’s core values are based on the collective values of all the employees that work there.
How Beliefs Impact Company Culture
Trust is the ultimate human currency so without trust we don’t have influence and without influence leaders cannot lead.
Why Modern Leadership is So Hard
No longer does it feel like leaders have to rule with an iron fist, not care about the people being lead, or are afraid to show vulnerability in front of those people. Instead it is encouraged to be a servant leader, to be committed to the development of people, and to try and create more leaders, not more followers.
How Leaders Can Communicate Their Vision
A leadership vision is some sense of the future and getting others to believe that vision is possible. Think of Elon Musk of SpaceX, “We are going to land people on Mars by 2025.”
The Tony Robbins of Uber Drivers
The most impactful thing happened after a sleepless redeye flight back to North Carolina. All I wanted from the Uber driver was a comfortable (and silent) 20-minute ride home. What I got was way better.
You Have Permission to Lead
Problems and challenges aren’t new in the workpleace, but the insurgence of the Millennial and Gen Z workforce has created an urgency for change. In some ways it feels as though professionals want big changes to occur, but don’t know where to start. It starts with this idea of not needing permission to lead, but choosing to lead.