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Tag: Simon Sinek

  • The significance of CIRCLE of SAFETY to GREAT leaders..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    By creating a Circle of Safety around the people in the organization, leadership reduces the threats people feel inside the group, which frees them up to focus more time and energy to protect the organization from the constant dangers outside and seize the big opportunities. Without a Circle of Safety, people are forced to spend too much time and energy protecting themselves from each other.”

  • TRUST as a LUBRICANT..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    To a social animal, trust is like lubrication. It reduces friction and creates conditions much more conducive to performance,”

  • The intent of BREAKING a RULE differentiates good vs weak organizations..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    In weak organizations, without oversight, too many people will break the rules for personal gain. That’s what makes the organizations weak. In strong organizations, people will break the rules because it is the right thing to do for others.”

  • Never thought someone could define LOVE so brilliantly..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from the book Leaders Eat Last

    My favorite definition of love is giving someone the power to destroy us and trusting they won’t use it.”

  • How Bob Chapman and his EMPATHY changed Barry Wehmiller

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    Empathy would be injected into the company and trust would be the new standard. Preferring to see everyone as human instead of as a factory worker or office employee, Chapman made other changes so that everyone would be treated the same way.”

  • To be a good LEADER, first be a good PARENT..This explains

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    Being a leader is like being a parent, and the company is like a new family to join. One that will care for us like we are their own . . . in sickness and in health.”

  • This is how DEGREE of CONTROL at the workplace is related to STRESS..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    It is not the demands of the job that cause the most stress, but the degree of control workers feel they have throughout their day. The studies also 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. Put simply: less control, more stress.”

  • This is why a LEADER may NOT always be LEADING..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Start With Why

    Leading is not the same as being the leader. Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you—not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to. “

  • This is why GREAT LEADERS invest in people..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    The leaders of great organizations do not see people as a commodity to be managed to help grow the money. They see the money as the commodity to be managed to help grow their people.”

  • When LEADERS put PEOPLE ahead of NUMBERS, this is what follows..

    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 and not the expedient way.”