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  • Characteristics of a work culture led by finite minded leaders

    Organizations led by finite minded leaders are characterized by work environments where people are pitted against one another to meet short term quarterly targets.

    These are leaders who give the utmost importance to performers who are high on IQ even if they are not team players and lack EQ.

    Such an environment is prone to ethical fading and is where people resort to unfair means and shortcuts to meet unfair targets.

    Ultimately such leaders who orchestrate such unhealthy work environments resort to layoffs by putting profit before people.

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game

  • Whereas Motivation 2.0 created Workers , Motivation 3.0 creates Leaders

    Motivation 2.0 is a term coined by Daniel Pink in his book Drive to explain the Carrot and Stick motivational methods prevalent in the Industrial Age.This method works best for routine , dreary , boring work that seeks compliance.

    Whereas Motivation 3.0 is the new age motivational technique that focuses on intrinsic motivation to provided more autonomy to the worker in order to help him unleash his mastery upon communication of the overarching sense of purpose.

    This autonomy is the pre-requisite to get done creative and innovative work which is becoming the necessary pre-requisite for modern day innovation based organizations.

    The following quote of Simon Sinek endorses this very explanation of Daniel Pink:

    “When we tell people to do their jobs , we get WORKERS.

    When we TRUST people to get the job done , we get LEADERS.”

  • This is how leadership is similar to parenting

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great leadership quotes:

    “The JOY of LEADERSHIP comes from seeing others achieve more than they thought they were capable of.”

  • How to PLAY the INFINITE GAME of LIFE?

    Simon Sinek in his book The Infinite Game mentions the fact that like business , life as well is an Infinite Game where there is nothing like WINNING or LOSING. This is a masterclass on how to play the infinite game of life.

    When we are born by default we are PLAYERS.

    In an Infinite Game , we CANNOT CHOOSE the RULES.

    We CANNOT choose the GAME.

    The ONLY option we have is HOW we PLAY i.e. whether we want to play with a finite mindset or an infinite mindset.

  • All Great Leaders realize this truth about Mastery

    Mastery as mentioned by Daniel Pink in his book Drive is asymptotic and hence it is never possible in an entire lifetime to attain full MASTERY on any subject or topic.

    Great Leaders realize this truth about mastery and hence always adopt a mindset of a student to learn by the day as opposed to being a MASTER.

    Hence all GREAT LEADERS consider themselves as STUDENTS and NOT teachers.

  • Extending James Carse’s Infinite Game concept to life and business

    James Carse , the master has talked about two kinds of Games.

    One is Finite where the players are fixed , rules are agreed upon , duration is fixed and there is winning or losing.

    The other kind is Infinite Game where the players are not fixed , rules are not agreed upon and duration is not known.Hence in such a case there is nothing like WINNING or LOSING.

    Simon Sinek in his book The Infinite Game has extended James Carse’s Infinite Game concepts very aptly to life as well as business.

    The following great quote highlights ho to play the infinite game of life or business.

    “There is NO such thing as “WINNING BUSINESS” or “WINNING LIFE” , there is only AHEAD and BEHIND.

    Realizing this will make us better equipped to play the infinite game

  • This piece of advice will inspire us to adopt an “Infinite Mindset”

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great sayings and advises all of us to adopt an infinite mindset for a better future in the infinite game of life

    “Now more than ever we need to embrace an INFINITE MINDSET.

    The FINITE MINDSET of opportunism , selfishness and panic will hurt all of us in the long run.

    Let us embrace GENEROSITY , SELFLESSNESS and CALM CAUTION as we navigate this together.”

  • Best quote that defines “work culture”

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s inspirational quotes:

    “A CULTURE is STRONG when people work WITH each other FOR each other , NOT for THEMSELVES.”

  • Members in Trusting teams are courageous

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Together is Better

    In trusting teams , members feel safe to express vulnerability because they feel psychologically safe to express their feeling to one another.

    The following quote from Simon Sinek on courage sums it all as the basic ingredient ingrained in the nature of such team members:

    “TRUE STRENGTH is the COURAGE to admit WEAKNESS.”

    This is why such teams are High Performing

  • This quote will make us lead our lives in a better manner

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s quote from his book Together is Better.

    “The VALUE of OUR LIVES is NOT determined by what we do for ourselves.

    The VALUE of OUR LIVES is determined by WHAT we DO for OTHERS.”