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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Zachary A. Collier:
“What Adam Smith Can Teach the Aspiring Leaders of Today:
Smith warned about centralized planning and control at the scale of the economy as a whole, but the same logic can apply to any organization.” (6-23-23).
“One particular pitfall that new managers make as they transition from completing work to directing the completion of others’ work is the refusal to relinquish control. Here we can learn from the great economist Adam Smith, from his Theory of Moral Sentiments, where he describes the ‘Man of System.'”
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Lawrence W. Reed:
“The Dynamic Duo of the Anti-Slavery Movement Who Changed the World:
Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce, to their eternal credit, proved that even the most entrenched of laws and policies can be changed by people of courage, character and conscience.”
(6-27-23).
“The lessons of the lives of Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce reduce to this: A worthy goal should inspire informed activism. Don’t let any setback slow you up. Maintain an optimism worthy of the goal itself and do all within your character and power to rally others to the cause.”
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“Opening the Door:
Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison explains why leaders need to show others the way, not just issue orders.”
(Week of 6-19-23).
“The fact is, we all have potential—it’s the common denominator. But potential will remain a mere fraction—substantially less than one—without the numerator of opportunity. So how does that happen?
When someone has an idea… we listen. If someone around us wants to try something new… we encourage. When our colleagues want to collaborate… we welcome. When accomplishments are achieved… we celebrate. And when someone deserves recognition… we are the voice.”
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An interview with C. Allen Gorman, Collat School of Business at the University of Alabama at Birmingham:
“The ‘people side’ of leadership: How to become an effective leader” (5-22-23). Adam Pope.
“‘[C]onsideration is essential to being a truly effective leader.’
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‘You must be good at the task side, but even better at the people side.'”
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Kellogg Insight:
“When Should Leaders Own a Decision and When Should They Delegate?
Here are four questions to consider to become a more efficient decision-maker.” (10-2-17). Victoria Medvec.
“By pushing decisions down instead escalating them, leaders can build the decision-making muscles of their employees while making people feel more valued and trusted in their roles.”
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Wharton Executive Education:
“Generating Ideas: A Process for Breakthrough Innovation”
(June 2023).
“Most organizations, when asked to come up with an innovative concept or solution, rely on outdated, unreliable methods like unconstrained brainstorming — if they have any formal approach at all. …. But decades of research now reveal that innovation is a process involving many important steps, and following them allows individuals and teams to apply the science of innovation quickly and reliably.”
