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If you are a true leader, you will be open to learning. And you will not mind if those precious lessons come from a 90-year-old or a two-year-old. In brief, everything depends on how receptive and open you are.
“Mommy, it’s okay.” As I find myself obsessing about something incredibly unimportant, my rambunctious, adorable, red-headed two-year-old has just floored me with some serious and grounded toddler wisdom once again.
No matter what our individual job description, we are all contributors to the culture in which we live and work. For those of us who find ourselves in a workplace where we feel encouraged by our co-workers and inspired by our work, celebrate it; and for heaven's sake don't take it for granted.
You’ve likely heard this idiom before. It means don’t criticize or hurt someone you rely on. Don’t betray a benefactor. If someone takes care of you—whether they support, employ, or literally feed you—you shouldn’t chance offending them for risk of getting cut off.
As organizations move to collaborative cultures, leaders are changing the reward system - making collaborative performance part of the employee review process and giving recognition, bonuses, and promotions to those who work effectively across organizational boundaries.
In 1972, Rosemary Brown became Canada’s first black female member of a provincial legislature. That same year, Katherine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post, became America’s first female Fortune 500 CEO.
Diversity and inclusion is a popular topic for many businesses these days. Thanks to increasing social awareness about the importance of traditionally “feminine” traits like empathy and active listening in leadership and how diverse workforces can be beneficial for more diverse markets.
There seems to be a consistent dearth of talent as organizations struggle with experimentation of bringing ‘outside talent’ as seemingly ‘safe bets’, who look promising on paper, but, fail disconcertingly to deliver in terms of desired outcomes.
We have a love-hate relationship with change. In some cases we welcome change with open arms, in others we resist or try to escape it. We love it when the immediate benefits are obvious to us. We hate it when it is demanding of us – when we feel it threatens our comfort, security, or way of life.