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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Travis Bradberry:
“10 Things Great Bosses Do Every Day” (2-26-24)
“Great bosses change us for the better. They see more in us than we see in ourselves, and they help us learn to see it too. They dream big and show us all the great things we can accomplish.”
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Delegating allows us to focus on our fundamental roles and enable others to gain experience and develop skills.
Dan Rockwell:
“How to Enable People to Step Up” (2-2-24).
“Make a list of everything you do. What should you offload? Identify the essentials of your job. Start giving the rest to competent others.”
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Ted Kitterman, Great Place to Work:
“4 Ways Stronger Communication Builds Trust With Leaders at Great Workplaces” (2-26-24).
“Great workplaces share timely information in a variety of channels and formats, ensuring employees understand the bigger picture behind business decisions and promote a culture of transparency.”
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Kara Baskin:
“Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need” (6-14-23).
“Don’t shoot the messenger. Don’t get angry when you hear a dissenting view or bad news. In a volatile, uncertain, complex world, there will always be bad news. If there’s no bad news, remind yourself: It’s not that it’s not there. It’s that you’re not hearing about I,’ [Amy] Edmondson explains.”
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Mark Miller:
“5 fundamentals of uncommon leaders” (2-29-24).
“If our heart is not right, no one cares about our skills.
There are several heart habits uncommon leaders must cultivate, and none is more important than the ability to ‘think others first.'”
