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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Frank Sonnenberg:
“Thanks for a Job Well Done” (3-13-23).
“Doing a great job is as much an attitude as it is an activity. As Jonas Salk, the medical doctor and researcher, said, ‘The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.’ So give it your best. Excellence is not a destination, but a way of life.”
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David Burkus:
“What Makes A Great Team?” (2-20-23).
“[P]urpose is often the best place to start when trying to take a normal team and make it great. Purpose provides the motivation for the team to work on the other building blocks and it reinforces the importance of continuing to work on them. Purpose is the foundation to build the team into one where everyone can do their best work ever.”
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Ken Blanchard:
“5 Ways to Retain Top Talent” (3-22-23).
“While it’s important for companies to pay people well and provide benefits, don’t underestimate the power of recognizing people for their contributions. After analyzing 1.7 million employee survey responses, A Great Place to Work found that the most important driver of good work was recognition (37%), not promotions (4%) or more pay (7%).”
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John Spence:
“Entrepreneurial Fears: How to Overcome Them and Succeed”
(3-20-23).
“Another way to overcome failure fears is to have a growth mindset. Embrace the idea that you can develop your abilities through hard work and dedication. Instead of seeing challenges as obstacles, see them as opportunities to improve and develop your skills.”
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Susan Fowler:
“Why mastering motivation makes good business sense” (3-22-23).
“When people are ‘unhappy’ at work, they yearn for something. But what they don’t realize is that the ‘something’ at the core of their longing is their unmet psychological need for choice (autonomy), connection (meaningful relationships and work) and competence (growth, learning, opportunities, resources).”
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Kellogg Insight:
“Does Your Company Actually Live Its Values?
Stating corporate principles is great; embodying them is better.”
(6-4-18).
“While most companies understand that their culture matters, many of them do not routinely examine whether the culture they have is the culture they want, or what steps they should take to keep principles and actions aligned. Getting your company’s culture to truly reflect the things you say you want to embody requires daily attention, says [faculty member Bernard] Banks.”
