| Why we have too many bosses and too few leaders |
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“A truly great leader is someone who brings out the best in you, someone you can learn from, who you can respect for who he is, and who genuinely cares about your success and growth,” |
“When a manager is promoted to a role of leadership, particularly one as high as CEO, that manager needs to move from ‘I’ to ‘we’. To stop trying to produce all the results themselves and create conditions for collective success,” |
when you become a leader you have to become a net giver and not a net taker |
the single thing you can create as a leader that is hardest to replicate is its culture, |
During former eBay CEO Meg Whitman’s tenure, she was on a work trip when 9/11 struck. Stranded in an airport, she was unable to get back to her company or contact anyone for hours. When she finally got in touch with her team she said, “First I want you to do three things. Make sure all employees are safe, make sure the servers are safe, and make sure an auction in aid of the victims is started as soon as possible.” Her team replied “Meg, the first two are done and the third is well underway.” |
“The difference between leaders and bosses in a nutshell, is that leaders set out to create a better future while bosses cling to the past and cope with the present. Which do you intend to be?” Read more at www.theedgemalaysia.com |
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