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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Marcel Schwantes:
“If You Make This Behavior a Practice, Your Leadership Skills Are Probably Better Than Most People’s:
It’s not a trait that every business leader naturally possesses, but it could be a game changer.” (11-10-23).
“[P]atience is active, not passive. It’s behaving calmly in the face of adversity, not waiting calmly. There’s action behind it, but it’s thoughtful, conscientious action.”
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Jay Weiser:
“Build a future-ready organization with the Five Leadership Superpowers”
(11-13-23).
“While leaders cannot choose their circumstances, they always get to decide how to respond. Choosing to be a ‘captain’ over a ‘captive’ is essential. Why? Captains step up, grab the helm, steer through the storm, motivate others and shape their future. Captives hide in the hull and abdicate agency.”
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James Heskett:
“Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?” (11-14-23).
“Having worked with leaders of every stripe, it has always seemed to me—and it may be my imagination working overtime—that leaders of organizations emphasizing servant leadership have a kind of peace of mind.”
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Ted Kitterman and Great Place To Work:
“The 2023 World’s Best Workplaces make strong case for building trust with workers” (11-16-23).
“‘It doesn’t matter what country or continent you call home,’ says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. ‘What matters is the trust companies build with their employees. High-trust workplaces listen to all their people, innovate, adapt, measure, and repeat.'”
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Daniel Goleman:
“More Money Isn’t Enough” (Week of Nov. 6, 2023).
“According to Mark Royal, senior client partner for Korn Ferry Advisory, one of the ways for employees to embrace the lattice approach is to focus on work they love. This means reflecting on their strengths, interests, values and what energizes them. Then employees can use that information to consider how they can more meaningfully plug into the organization.”
