Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “The Infinite Game”
No matter how strong an organization or plant is , no matter how tall it is , if a plant is not able to produce new seeds , if an organization is not able to produce new leaders , then the ability to thrive for generations is at risk.
Simon Sinek’s Together is Better is a leadership masterclass.
The following have been adopted from the book:
1) Leadership is an education.The best leaders think themselves as students and not teachers
2) A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him become stars.
3) A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people
Simon Sinek in “Together is Better” mentions the following about leadership:
Bad leaders care about who’s right , good leaders care about what is right
A true masterclass.
Simon Sinek in “Together is Better” mentions the following on self motivation:
We achieve much more when we chase our dream than the competition.
A true masterclass.
Simon Sinek in “Together is Better” mentions the following about leadership:
Under bad leaders we feel like we work for the company , whereas under good leaders we feel as if we work for each other.
A true masterclass.
Came across this wonderful link with the 5 piece leadership advice by the TEDD talk legend Simon Sinek.
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/simon-sinek-welcome-conference
Hope you guys enjoy!!
The following inspiring quote from Simon Sinek , aptly illustrates the difference between “weak” and “strong” leaders….
“Weak leaders want their people to do as they say. Strong leaders want their people to do as they think.” — Simon Sinek
Please find below a very inspiring quote from Simon Sinek on leadership responsibility….
“The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas. The responsibility of leadership is to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.” — Simon Sinek
I have been following Simon Sinek’s lessons about leadership and the simplicity with which he conveys his leadership related messages is a real treat.
Some of the best takeaways from his numerous videos on youtube, his famous books are like:
1) Serving those who serve others would give us fulfillment and would enable oxytocin to flow through our veins which will make us intrinsically happy
2) Finite games v/s infinite games of game theory extended to business – Be a player of infinite games wherein you try to make yourself a better version of yourself every single day without comparing yourself with others…Going for comparisons and short term games gives birth to depression , jealously and can prevent us from giving our best
Those who are engaged in infinite games go for advancement as opposed to comparison by those who are engaged in finite games.
3) Nervousness v/s excitement – Deliberate practice and hard work can help transform nervousness to excitement where both have the same visible effects e.g. sweating of palms , increase of heart beat whereas the way we make use of excitement has a much more profound effect than nervousness.
4) The symbols that we send to others in terms of the way to talk , engage will help us meet and be with people who believe in what we believe.In case we find such people they would give their blood , sweat and tear and trust would naturally flow.The basis of this is that we as human beings crave for social bonds being social animals and historically the way culture and country have been formed the same applies to formation of companies and teams as well.
Pile on motivation..
The following two videos of Simon teach all of us wonderful lessons related to leadership. My key leadership related takeaways have been summarized below.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=INjECrw7YYs
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wKcRB8CEUd0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KbYzF6Zy5tY
Parenting and leadership are similar and require empathy and understanding. Just like a parent cannot do away with a child who is going through a tough time and cannot ask others to adopt him/her, a leader cannot just like that chuck an underperforming employee without showing empathy and understanding the root cause of underperformance. Empathy and understanding are core qualities of a motivational leader. Most Ladies possess care, empathy, and understanding as innate qualities and hence ladies as leaders can do a great job in being motivational leaders to make work places better place to work in
As part of leadership qualities, find those who believe in what you believe since trust will automatically emerge when such a team is found. All this means is that we are guided by symbols when we try to find similar kinds of people, the only problem is that this way of forming a group is not scalable and needs insight and acumen. At the essence of this logic is the fact that as human beings we are still social animals and have an inherent need to socialize.
When we build a team we should remember that the definition of a community, country when extended to a company or team have the commonality in that all of these are a set of people with common values and beliefs, hence people will always want to work in a place where leaders believe in what they believe for a better fitment.
Leadership also needs understanding as to whether we are engaging in finite games or infinite games. Leadership strategies are going to be different based on the games that we are playing. An inspirational leader in a space where finite games are being played is a misfit since such an environment needs micromanagers who would cater to short term targets. Inspirational managers when engage in infinite games would be able to get the best out of their team by spreading motivation since such an environment needs creativity.
Leadership because of power gives necessary advantages and facilities but that is only because of position. The facilities that are associated with a leader comes at a cost to protect all under you like a parent take risks to handhold their kids. A motivational leader is one who is not carried away by position hence even after surrendering their position people look up to them with loads of respect.
Pile on motivation!!!!