Each week, I collect the resources related to leadership I shared on social media the prior week, with the accompanying quotations.
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People who aspire to leadership should start by excelling in their current roles.
Candace Smith:
“Make Yourself a Valuable Employee” (3-3-24).
“Understand that being a valued employee is a continuous journey, requiring dedication, effort, and a willingness to learn and grow. But the return on this investment will be well worth your effort.”
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Wharton Executive Education:
“Creating Meaning at Work: Five Approaches to Consider”
(March 2024).
“Enable work. ‘Do what needs doing in order to facilitate people getting their job done. You can’t begin to foster meaning without this critical first step,’ says [Greg] Shea.”
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Frank Sonnenberg:
“10 Critical Rules for Living a Happy Life” (6-30-20).
“Your mindset matters more than you think. …. Look at the bright side, see the good in people, challenge yourself, be grateful, believe in yourself, and have faith. Remember, ability determines if you can; attitude determines if you will.”
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Gary Hoover:
“Why Should We Study Business History?” (3-6-24).
“There is no better way to understand how entrepreneurs think and act, how they deal with challenges, and how Davids conquer Goliaths than studying the lives of the greats of the past.
Anyone who reads these stories soon realizes that business is above all else a human venture.”
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McKinsey & Company’s conversation with Jamil Zaki, author of The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World:
“It’s cool to be kind: The value of empathy at work” (2-28-24).
“A lot of our social norms reward people based on their individual performances. But it’s also important when we see somebody acting compassionately or empathically to call that out in a positive way, emphasizing empathic behavior and helping it to become normal behavior.”
