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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Gary Hoover:
“Bringing Humanity Back to Business Education” (2-2-23).
“The best way to understand the why of business, how it really works, is to study the lives of great entrepreneurs and leaders and the histories of companies, both successful and not. Only by learning how the greats thought, how they dealt with obstacles, and how they came up with new ideas and methods, can we be inspired to ‘do it right’ ourselves.”
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Paul B. Thornton:
“Are you able to influence people?” (2-3-23).
“If you can’t influence others, you can’t lead! Always put yourself in the shoes of the people you are trying to influence. Understand their world so you can convince them how your ideas will help them succeed.”
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“Finding Our Footing:
Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison urges leaders to periodically evaluate their leadership styles.” (2-5-23).
“[O]ur firm’s research has found that up to 70 percent of an organization’s climate can be determined simply by leadership style, and that the best leaders know how to toggle among multiple styles depending on the situation.”
Wharton Executive Education:
“Crisis Leadership: Harness the Experience of Others” (Feb. 2023).
“How Leaders Learn”
“Former Deloitte CEO James Quigley … says the key to his rise through the corporate ranks has been his commitment to being a ‘student of leadership.’ Those who have been in meetings with him will remember the leather-bound notebook he carries with him to take notes on other leaders, the lessons he learns from them, and other personal observations. Quigley also employs the ’80/20 rule’ in meetings he leads, never speaking more than 20 percent of the time because he says he learns not by speaking, but by listening.”
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Kellogg Insight, Kellogg School of Management:
“Why You Should Skip the Easy Wins and Tackle the Hard Task First” (11-4-19).
“These results suggest that managers should educate employees about the importance of tackling hard tasks for professional growth ….
…. Breaking down complex projects into small milestones can help give workers the completion high they get from easy tasks while still supplying the challenge and opportunities for development.”
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Frank Sonnenberg:
“Living Life With a Purpose” (12-6-11).
“Success in life begins with purpose. When you achieve clarity, you’ll gain a new perspective on your life. When you find your purpose, you’ll feel good about who you are, what you stand for, and where you’re heading. When you discover your purpose, an inner peace will replace the need to seek approval from others.”
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Meredith Somers, MIT Management, Sloan School:
“5 enduring management ideas from MIT Sloan’s Edgar Schein” (2-9-23).
“Edgar H. Schein, a social psychologist who bridged the academic and pragmatic sides of culture and organization by practicing his own tenets on humble leadership and inquiry, died Jan. 26. He was 94.
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‘Our culture emphasizes that leaders must be wiser, set direction, and articulate values, all of which predisposes them to tell rather than ask,’ Schein wrote in his book ‘Humble Inquiry.’ ‘Yet it is leaders who will need humble inquiry most, because complex interdependent tasks will require building positive, trusting relationships with subordinates to facilitate good upward communication.'”
