Here are 12 random leadership axioms in less than 140 characters each.
- Some people will only support change after it’s proven to be a success. They are the same people who will say I told you so if it doesn’t work.
- Sometimes the strongest thing to do is to turn the other cheek. Sometimes it is to stand your ground.
- Solicited applause is seldom given genuinely.
- The best opportunities seldom come wrapped neatly in a package with a bow on top. They usually come with work. Get your hands dirty work.
- The best leaders are often the ones smart enough to get out of the way of smarter people.
- Part of leadership is the willingness to make hard decisions no one else on the team wants to make.
- Change always invokes an emotion. The best change agents recognize and respond accordingly.
- The leader has a responsibility to do the right thing for the organization, regardless of whether it brings instant popularity.
- The more you say “I” the less your team will feel a part of “we”.
- Some of a leader’s best work is not what the leader does but what he or she inspires others to do.
- Without the right systems in place, the best visions will eventually suffer. Systematize what you want and need repeated.
- One of the most important disciplines of a leader is the discipline of rest.
Feel free to tweet a few.
Great 'tweets'. Just to add:
Great leaders will mask their fears at the critical stage of the mission to provide the emotional stability team members need to work at their best.
Good word.
Can't agree with the first one completely (Some people will only support you after it’s proven to be a success. They are the same people who will say I told you so if it doesn’t work.) I don't think there is a perfect correlation.
I don't think I have been the first one but I have told people at first that I didn't think it would work but gave them kudos for showing me it did. I have also had sit downs with people after something crashed and burned to do a "I told you so" in the form of a post-mortem in an attempt to make it a learning experience. Only about half the time was it a beneficial exercise. Usually the person was in a lot of pain and defensive.
Probably should say they are often the same. In my experience. Yes. Thanks.