Let it go and look again.
If we force leaders to conform to our ways of working, if we tell them “This is what leadership looks like” and we don’t allow them to find their own style or way of leading, then it’s our loss. It’s our personal loss. It’s our company’s loss. Our colleagues loss. Our partner’s loss. Our family’s […]
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It’s easy to quote Bezos or Jobs, but representation matters. Let’s #quotemorewomen in our content. A bunch of quotes to get you thinking here And a master list of female quotes here Share this project with your friends and networks. Submit a quote from an amazing female leader:http://bit.ly/submitmorequotes
Read moreA good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
When we reframe the conversation about how we work. We reframe the way we think about people. The stories we tell ourselves and eachother; about why we are the way we are . . and where we fit . . and what we can contribute. We enable ordinary people to do extraordinary things. To level […]
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Looking for inspiration on leadership? Here are some of the resources that might flick a switch for you.
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@Derek Sivers shows us how. Here’s Derek’s transcript if you like to read as well as watch. The first follower is actually a form of understated leadership in itself. It takes guts to be the first follower. The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader. Here comes the third and now […]
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A great speech on changemakers here by Maria Giudice. People who can solve problems based on evolving circumstances. Changemakers. People who can see the patterns around them. Identify the problems in any situation. Figure out ways to solve the problems. Organise fluid teams. Lead collective action. Continually adapt as situations change. Designers are change makers. […]
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Watch how Valor Collegiate Academies, a public school in Nashville, TN, uses its character development program to change how students experience school. Thank you @ Lauren Cutuli for the nudge on this one.
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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena . . “
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