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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Stephen Joseph:
“The Joy of Personal Growth:
True happiness involves a process of learning about who you are.” (9-17-23).
“I would argue that there is a deeper similarity that emerges across people when they are more fully developed emotionally and personally which is often overlooked: the joy and wonderment that emerges from experiencing personal growth and learning.”
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Frank Sonnenberg:
“How to Create a Win-Win Relationship” (9-11-23).
“Listen before you speak. Don’t assume you know what people want. Make it your business to find out. Furthermore, even though you might not always agree, be respectful.”
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Adam Waytz:
“Beware a Culture of Busyness:
Organizations must stop conflating activity with achievement.”
(March-April, 2023).
“The famed UCLA basketball coach John Wooden once said, ‘Never mistake activity for achievement.’ Yet companies keep falling into that trap, despite considerable evidence that increased work doesn’t necessarily lead to increased productivity.”
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S. Chris Edmonds:
“How ethical leaders scale respect across their organization”
(9-26-23).
“Senior leaders salivate at the thought of 30% gains in service, performance and profits over the coming year. And most leaders realize that those tangible benefits don’t happen overnight. They only occur when employees are treated respectfully by their leaders and colleagues every day — and where employees are validated for their aligned ideas, efforts and contributions every day.”
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McKinsey & Company:
“Breaking technical debt’s vicious cycle to modernize your business”
(4-25-23).
“As much as 71 percent of the impact from business transformations depends on technology, according to our research …. This is particularly concerning given that so many companies need to modernize if they are to remain competitive.”
