Each week I collect the resources related to leadership I shared on social media the prior week, with the accompanying quotations.
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John Spence: “Who Do You Want on Your Team?” (12-12-22).
“To get someone like this to join your team, you must first be like this. Because anyone with all the characteristics on that list will only work for someone else who exhibits them too.”
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David Burkus: “How To Motivate Your Employees As A Leader” (12-19-22).
“In the mid-1980s, researchers Edward Deci and Richard Ryan outlined a model of motivation called ‘self-determination theory.’ Their theory posited that intrinsic motivation comes in three forms: autonomy, competence, and relatedness.”
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“Because We Love the Music:
Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison on why we do what we do.” (12-19-22)
“‘We do it because we love the music.’
That message is a timeless gift to all of us, especially in this season of reflection.
For the pianist, it is the music. For the artist, it is the painting. And for all of us, it is remembering why we do what we do.”
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Frank Sonnenberg: “Do You Lead by Example?” (12-5-17).
Thirty ways to lead by example, including:
“Run toward problems rather than away from them.”
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Mary Crossan, William (Bill) Furlong, and Robert D. Austin:
“Make Leader Character Your Competitive Edge:
Character is about a lot more than ethics — and fostering a culture where it is valued equally alongside competence can result in better decisions and better outcomes.” (10-19-22).
“Over more than a decade of investigating leader character in organizations, we’ve found that leaders largely underestimate and misunderstand the concept of character. They marginalize it as just being about ethics rather than recognizing it as the foundation of all judgment and decision-making.”
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Tracy Brower: “Great Leadership Means Giving People Autonomy—With 3 Limits” (12-18-22).
“Take an empathetic approach by focusing on each person’s needs and asking them what they value—providing the kinds of autonomy which are the best match to their priorities and their role.”
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The power of self-directed learning and a growth mindset.
Dan Sanchez: “The Education of Henry Hazlitt:
How a poverty-stricken college drop-out became a world-renowned, self-taught economist” (12-22-22).
“At the age of 22, Henry Hazlitt—once a poor college drop-out—was a full-time professional writer and a published scholar. Through value-creation, apprenticeship, self-directed study, constant writing, and grit, he transformed his dream into reality.”
