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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Kellogg Insight:
“Don’t Wait to Be Asked: Lead
A roadmap for increasing your influence at work.” (9-7-16).
“Lead from where you are. If you work for an organization, no matter your role, you already have all the clout you need to begin leading.”
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Candace Smith:
“Visiting a Business Office Etiquette-fully” (9-17-23)”
“[T]he manner in which you treat others will remain foremost in their minds.”
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John Spence:
“Cultivating a Culture of Excellence Through High-Integrity Leadership”
(9-18-23).
“Empathy extends the leader’s role beyond task management to human understanding. It’s about recognizing the emotional and professional needs of team members. Empathy informs better decision-making and shows that the leader values the work and the people who perform it.”
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Julie Winkle Giulioni:
“Banishing workplace boredom” (9-14-23).
“Find ways to elevate autonomy. Heightened authority or decision-making is an effective strategy for adjusting the dynamics of an employee’s job to raise the stakes and activate a heightened level of interest.”
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Damon Lembi:
“Listening: The Quiet Superpower” (9-21-23).
“Executives who don’t step up their listening skills as they advance undermine their leadership on two fronts: they miss crucial information, and even when they don’t, if their listening style doesn’t make their people feel heard, it alienates them. …. Great leaders are expert listeners.”