Leadership Insights
27-August-2019
Leadership Insights - a weekly selection of relevant ideas from the blogs of thinkers, writers and practitioners to help you Unleash Your Leadership
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BY Todd Ordal (@toddordal)
Being a CEO is a damn tough job if done correctly! Confidence is required! Narcissism, no, but someone who’s uncomfortable being in the limelight and doesn’t feel a burning desire to lead shouldn’t apply. Caring, collaborative people can make great CEOs, but they also must occasionally be fearless and willing to make the tough calls and piss people off for the organization’s long-term good. They must be ready to act.
BY Terry St. Marie (@Starbucker)
Here’s the gist... Leaders CANNOT overpraise work that is just meeting the job description and standards, and nothing more. It sends a signal that “good” is enough, and it can quickly lead to complacency..
BY Alli Polin (@allipolin)
If you feel like you’ve lost your mojo, you’re not alone. You also don’t need to give up your job or move to the other side of the world to get it back. I mean, you could, but if you’ve lost your mojo where you are now, you won’t suddenly discover it in a new location as if it took an earlier flight.
BY LaRae Quy (@LaRaeQuy)
If you’re going to truly lead you’ll need to risk allowing your people to see you fail from time to time. So stop with the fear tactics. Begin developing a strategy for building the trust of your people. You’ll soon discover that respect grows best when fertilized with that very same trust.
BY Terri Klass (@TerriKlass)
What began to transpire was that trust meant different things to each person. Defining trust wasn’t as easy as they thought. And that is the challenge with trust. It really means different things to each of us. So after combining all of the definitions we decided to focus instead on ways to create trust in their teams.
We hope you enjoyed reading this issue of Leadership Insights as much as we did putting it together. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please do write in.
Narayan Kamath
