Each week, I compile the resources related to leadership, personal growth, and professional development I shared on social media the prior week, with the accompanying quotations.
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Candace Smith:
“How to Lead by Example” (5-3-26).
“To lead by example means to practice what you preach. Consistency between your words and actions is the foundation of integrity. Straightforwardness and kindness, applied together, set the right tone for those around you.”
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Daniel Goleman:
“Emotional Intelligence Is A Life Skill” (5-4-26).
“EQ [emotional intelligence] was strongly related to ‘transformational leadership,’ where a leader motivates, even inspires, followers.
This kind of leadership creates outstanding performance and innovation, with people happy to give their best toward a shared vision that speaks to their heart.”
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Leigh Thompson:
“If You’re Doing Everyone Else’s Job, You’re Not Leading”
(4-18-26).
“Every time you step in and do the work yourself, you solve today’s problem—and create tomorrow’s.
Leadership is not about how much you can accomplish.
It’s about how much you empower your team to accomplish.”
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Karin Hurt and David Dye:
“How to Take Appropriate Risks When You Don’t Have All the Answers” (4-20-26).
“When you take appropriate risks, you stop waiting for certainty and start using judgment. You move work forward with the information you have—not the information you’re hoping will show up five minutes after the deadline.”
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Joe Folkman:
“Your Good Leaders Are the Hidden Problem” (5-7-26).
“The most dangerous leadership problem in your organization is almost certainly not the leader everyone is complaining about.
It is the broad middle layer of capable, well-intentioned, good-enough leaders who have never been given a credible path to becoming great — because no one thought they needed one.”
