Category: Book review
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This is what happens when leaders put people before numbers
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last “And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way…
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Followers make the leaders who they are , this explains
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last “It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.”
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This is the imbalance that leads to job stress
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last “Studies found that the effort required by a job is not in itself stressful, but rather the imbalance between the effort we give and the reward we feel.”
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How to judge whether you are a leader or not , this will help
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
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Great leaders sacrifice selfish interests , this highlights the same
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last “Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.”
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Good Leadership is like exercise , this explains how
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last “Good leadership is like exercise. We do not see any improvement to our bodies with day-to-day comparisons. In fact, if we only compare the way our bodies look on a given day to how they looked the previous day,…
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Lessons to be learnt from Stockdale’s ways of dealing with difficulties
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great “What separates people, Stockdale taught me, is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life.”
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This highlights a common phenomenon in poor work environments
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great “Letting the wrong people hang around is unfair to all the right people, as they inevitably find themselves compensating for the inadequacies of the wrong people. Worse, it can drive away the best people. Strong performers are intrinsically motivated…
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This is what GREATNESS is a function of
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great “Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”
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The biggest enemy of GREAT is GOOD , this shows why
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great “Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don’t have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don’t have great government, principally…