To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.
Simon SinekRead
When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.
Interpretation
Trusting individuals to take responsibility leads to the emergence of true leaders.
This quote highlights the difference between merely instructing individuals to perform tasks and empowering them with trust and autonomy. When people feel trusted, they are more likely to take initiative and demonstrate leadership qualities, enriching the organization and fostering a culture of responsibility and ownership.
In practice
In a team meeting, discussing how giving employees more trust can lead to innovative solutions.
To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.
The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.
Every company knows what they do _x000D_ Some know how they do it _x000D_ Very few know why
Leaders donβt complain about whatβs not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.
The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.
We periodically note that there are no silver bullets, there are no magic formulas, there's no single action or component of the overall... comprehensive civil-military approach.
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less...titles don't have much value when it comes to leading. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned, it comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned.
When I started out, there were three things that made film people look at me with condescension, I was young, I was black, and I was female. I have won a certain respect, but I think the film community still sees directing as a male job.
The strength of the team lies within the individual. And the strength of the individual lies within the team
Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.
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