Four Characteristics of Highly Curious & Innovative People
In this rapidly changing world of work, it’s the leaders who can test new ideas, innovate, and adapt that will find the greatest success.
Curiosity
The Secret To Success For Future Leaders? Curiosity
As leaders stop being curious, they truly do lose touch with their teams, their customers, and their organizations.
Are You Finding Time To Be Curious?
We often spend so much time surrounded by to-do lists, calendars, and endless meetings. But even with all that, are you finding time to be curious?
Curiosity is all about asking questions, challenging the status quo, and exploring new things. It’s also one of the most crucial skills for future leaders.
Are You Finding Time To Be Curious?
I’m super busy…like ultra super crazy busy!
I have kids to take care of, a business to turn, clients to work with, a wife to keep happy, dogs that need to be walked, a team of people I need to lead, plus there’s looking after the house, helping with meals, bed times, etc.
I’M TOO BUSY TO DO ANYTHING ELSE!!!!
You Should Avoid Having A Typical Day: Here’s Why
What does a typical day look like for you?
It’s a question I’ve asked of hundreds of CEOs and top business leaders around the world. They almost always tell me the same thing: they don’t have a typical day. Every day is different. The most successful business leaders surround themselves with a diverse group of people, they are a part of a variety of projects, they attend different meetings, speak with customers and employees, and they make sure that they aren’t doing the same thing and seeing the same people every single day.
To Be A Great Leader, Think Like An Explorer
Imagine leading a team of men through the Antarctic — a few months into your journey your ship gets trapped and crushed in ice, before it does, you and your crew escape to an ice floe (massive piece of floating ice) where you remain for several more months.
How Leaders can Overcome the Advice Trap
Michael Bungay Stanier is a bestselling author of The Coaching Habit and the upcoming book, The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever, which comes out on February 29. He is also the founder of Box of Crayons
Are You Finding Time To Be Curious?
Our lives get so busy and filled up with work and the day to day responsibilities, it’s easy to forget our natural desire to be curious. Curiosity is important, it is curious people who shape the future (including the future of work). We need to find time in our busy lives to give in to curiosity.