Leadership isn’t just about success; it’s about impact. Jack Welch’s financial-driven approach and Elon Musk’s struggles with interpersonal relations showcase the pitfalls of traditional leadership. Tom Peters, best-selling author Thinkers50 inductee into the hall of fame, argues for a shift towards nurturing growth and fostering a positive work culture.
By 2030 we are going to have over 200,000,000 million leaders around the world. These are people who are in some capacity responsible for the lives of others at work. Traditionally this was a role that was simply designed to enforce controls while extracting as much as possible from the people who worked at the organization.
On my podcast, Great Leadership With Jacob Morgan, I’ve interviewed over a thousand leaders and thinkers. Today, I want to share the top 3 episodes that are focused on mastering mentorship at work. These are crucial wether you’re an employee looking for mentorship or if you’re a mentor looking to be more effective.
Do you fear your leaders? And if you are a leader, do your people fear you? We are often told that there is no place for fear in the workplace, yet we dismiss the possibility that healthy amounts of fear of leaders can motivate performance and success.
You probably have no idea who Captain Charlie Plumb is. But his story serves an extremely powerful lesson in leadership. Charlie grew up as a farm kid from Kansas and like many kids at the time he day-dreamed about airplanes but never thought he would have the opportunity to fly one. The United States Navy turned that around.
Of all the leaders that you know or know of, what are the traits that all successful leaders have in common? After conducting over 140 interviews with CEOs from leading organizations including Mastercard, Best Buy, Unilever, PwC, Oracle, Verizon, and many others -I uncovered nine essential mindsets and skills that separate successful leaders from their peers.
When most of us think of leading with vulnerability we think in terms of binary options, either you are, or you aren’t. But, after doing the research for this book I discovered that’s not correct. There are actually different types of vulnerable leaders…5 of them to be exact.
Not everyone expresses vulnerability in the same way nor does everyone find the same things to be vulnerable. We can be vulnerable during scary or big moments like receiving candid feedback from a trusted peer or when we need to let someone go because of performance issues. We can also be vulnerable every day with small moments such as praising someone on a team, asking for help, or even listening to someone.
What if I told you the way that you think about your career and long term success is all wrong? What if I told you that what you’ve been taught inside of your educational institutions and inside of your organizations is actually setting you up for career failure, not success?
Why do start-ups [and teams/businesses] fail? I’ve posed that question to many entrepreneurs after their start-up was shut down, and about half of them said, “The team was not right.”
