Improving Your Leadership
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
It doesn’t take much. Two steps is all it takes
I’m often asked to do leadership coaching with people . . . relatively inexperienced folks . . . very senior people around the world. For the most junior people I want to start by saying leadership in many of your cases starts off with just doing 2 things and doing them regularly.
Number 1. I think this is the most important one. Caring. So few people seem to care about their work. So few people put in effort in their jobs and leadership is about leading yourself and learning how to lead yourself in caring.
The other one is demonstrating joy with a smile. Again, so few people really seem to enjoy what they do. So few people care about what they do and, thus, they have got a dour look on their faces, a grumpy puss that basically says, “I hate life.”
So, if you’re really interested in leadership, start off with a smile to the world, start off with caring about what you do. If you can’t figure out how to do either, I think 1 of the best things you can do is change organizations or change programs. Get out of being in a situation where you think the world sucks. It doesn’t serve you.
A lifetime is not a long time.
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