Have you created a safe space in your organization for employees to provide child-like feedback? You might benefit from doing so if you have not. Recently, daycare holidays required me to bring my eight-year-old son to work with me. His blunt honesty and clear-eyed insights on my office enabled me to reassess processes that no […]
Another Name for a Leader is a Diplomat
True leaders are consummate diplomats. While remaining true to their authentic selves and loyal to their organizations’ missions, leaders feint and pivot deftly in dialogues within and outside the organization to build alliances that enable both parties to honor their values. Mahatma Gandhi once said “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today […]
Building Loyalty
Conscientious leadership works. When a leader treats his employees as he would expect someone to treat a member of his family, employee loyalty blooms. Children aren’t disposable. Neither are employees. My children chime in in monotone when I repeat my oft-used admonition, but they also stop practicing tether-ball headers or whatever other activity prompted my […]
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