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.
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.
There is no doubt we are all more confident when we know our strength’s and then play to them in our professional life.
We’ve been told leaders care about revenue and production, (and they do) but those are just table stakes. Every business pays its employees to produce results, but that’s not what real leaders actually care about – it’s what they expect. It’s critical to differentiate between expectations and care.
Optimism is what stops those with great talent from reaching their full potential. It’s a leaders responsibility to bring optimism to the workplace EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
A Sense of Purpose is one of the Foundations of a High Performing Team
It’s shocking how many bosses still live in a world where it’s “do as I say and don’t ask questions.”
“although the core characteristics of being a leader remain the same, what my friend was failing to do was to look at leadership with a different, modernized lens.”
Of all the different training methods organizations are using to align to the modern learner which ones are most effective and can be best measured?
When the growth of a team member slows down, it may mean the leader or employee has lost their focus on the importance of personal development.
