Our leadership research and tastes were eclectic last week, ranging from giving praise to happiness to the impact of role models.
Enjoy!
The Praise Paradox: Why Praise Doesn’t Always Lead to Confidence (Tara Sophia Mohr, The Glass Hammer) Continue reading
These articles resonated with the Get Your BIG On LeadBIG team this past week…enjoy!
You Don’t Have To Be Perfect To Be A Leader (Don Shapiro, Lead Change Group Blog)
We like Don’s counsel that draws from lessons to be learned from sports leaders: “You don’t have to be perfect to be a leader…just have your heart in the right place and do enough things right to make a difference to those you lead.”
Every Leader’s Achilles Heel (Lisa Petrilli, C-Level Strategies)
“In other words, you can have every attribute you need to be a strong, distinguished leader but a lack of clarity is the single vulnerability that destines you to ruination.” Lisa offers three insights for how to create clarity of purpose.
A silent leadership killer (Mary Jo Asmus on SmartBrief for Leadership)
“Groupthink is powerful: a little unethical conduct here, a white lie there — justification is available for every integrity-compromised action. Suddenly, someone realizes something is wrong, and it’s too late; the momentum has built like a leaky faucet until a drip becomes a stream that turns into a flood, drowning employees, customers and those who trusted your leadership.”
None of us is as smart as all of us—take this quiz and see for yourself (David Witt on Blanchard LeaderChat)
Granted the Mensa quiz snagged our attention asap, yet the real insights come from the readout of using this quiz in development sessions. Is it all about me…or we?
Are You Brainwashed or Drinking Too Much Kool-Aid? Leadership Starts With You!(Todd Nielsen on A Slice of Leadership)
Ever wonder why you keep working at that place you hate? Todd offers up four psychological reasons for understanding why we may hang on, even to our detriment.
From the what’s-life-all-about-perspective: “Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, “Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?” …Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, “We hate to tell you this but life is a thousand word essay.” ~Charles M. Schulz
Lead BIG this week, using your head to manage and your heart to lead!