I recently found this quote from Whole Foods co-founder and CEO John Mackey. In discussing how he hires leaders he said,
I understand people a lot better today than I did 30 years ago. Back then, I was more impressed with people who were very articulate. In many companies, the person who talks the [...]
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Which Is More Important: Communication or Character?
What to do in Conflict
Conflict is only valuable if it is temporary.
The Influence Increment
I found this definition of leadership in the Encyclopedia of Leadership.
“In fact, from a social-cognitive perspective, leadership can be defined as ’social perception, grounded in social-cognitive psychological theory, that produces an influence increment for the perceived leader.’”
Translation: Perception matters.
You are a leader if people perceive you as bigger, better, or more important. This makes communication [...]
How to Lead
It’s a famous quote from Napoleon, “A leader is a dealer in hope.”
Here’s the problem: How? How do you deal in hope? You know what needs to get done, and you still struggle to mobilize your best resources to acheive the vision you spent so much time and energy crafting.
It circles around what hope is. [...]
Match Your Listener’s Tendency–Quotes
“Listeners are either inductive or deductive, and they respond to the kind of communication that matches their natural tendency.”
–Mastering Communication at Work, p. 6