Each week, I collect the resources related to leadership, personal growth, and professional development I shared on social media the prior week, with the accompanying quotations.
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Stephen Joseph, in an article adapted from Think Like a Therapist: Six Life-Changing Insights for Leading a Good Life (2023), which I highly recommend:
“Why Personal Growth Is Not Selfish” (5-26-24).
“[W]hat humanistic therapists believe and what the research evidence points toward is that the more developed, emotionally mature and authentic we are as people, the more our gaze turns outwards to others.”
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Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss, in an article excerpted from Optimal (2024):
“Why EI is the quintessential leadership skill” (2-13-24).
“By now the hard evidence confirms that emotionally intelligent leaders are more effective: their employees perform better and feel better at work, and their organizations excel.”
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Ken Blanchard:
“Three Essential Leadership Principles” (5-15-24).
“The best leaders know that leadership is not about power; it’s about relationships. They treat people with respect and let them know that they’re a special part of their team. They lead with love.”
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Ben Wigert, Gallup:
“The Strengths, Weaknesses and Blind Spots of Managers”
(5-28-24).
“Routine coaching conversations should include discussing goals, development, and strengths and recognizing good work. Previous Gallup research shows these behaviors contribute to making coaching conversations ‘extremely meaningful.'”
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Travis Bradberry:
“10 Reasons Nice Bosses Finish First” (6-7-24).
“Kind leaders communicate on a very personal, emotional level. They never forget that there’s a flesh-and-blood human being standing in front of them.”
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Last week, I also noted the sad news of the death of David Boaz, whom I knew through having attended Cato University in San Diego, California, in 2007, 2009, and 2010. The Cato Institute’s tribute to him observes,
“For more than four decades as the Cato Institute’s vice president for public policy and executive vice president, David Boaz played an indispensable role in the development of Cato and was a foundational figure of modern libertarian thought.”
David was an exemplary leader as an officer of the Institute and in sharing the ideas of liberty. He leaves a great legacy.
