good leadership
examples, definitions, characteristics, and behaviors of admirable leaders that exhibit these core qualities: humble confidence, kindness, integrity, curiosity, open-mindedness
good leadership
I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.
Brene Brown • Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Chouinard and his business partner, Tom Frost, made what would become a legendary decision to shift away from pitons. It foreshadowed many other decisions Chouinard would make over the next fifty years, each with a similar pattern: Come to grips with damage you’re doing, set bright lines about how you’ll shift your business to reduce that damage,... See more
Doug Sundheim • How Patagonia Became The Most Reputable Brand In The United States
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk: 476: Kat Cole - Pragmatic Optimism, Reflection Questions, Humble Confidence, Building Trust, & The Hot Shot Rule
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One of the best ways you can show productivity trust = modeling and embracing “blank time.”
The Root of Over-Meeting Culture
“In many ways the magic of Patagonia comes from the constraints we place on ourselves which are grounded in our deep sense of responsibility to do right by the environment and society,” Stanley told me. “We can't go to the Fashion Institute of Technology library and choose from 5,000 fabrics for the spring line. We have a couple hundred we can... See more
Doug Sundheim • How Patagonia Became The Most Reputable Brand In The United States
Leading from good to great does not mean coming up with the answers and then motivating everyone to follow your messianic vision. It means having the humility to grasp the fact that you do not yet understand enough to have the answers and then to ask the questions that will lead to the best possible insights.
Jim Collins • Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
“Leaders must be able to master four major tasks. Firstly, they need comprehensively to grasp the overall strategic situation in a conflict and craft the appropriate strategic approach–in essence, to get the big ideas right. Secondly, they must communicate those big ideas, the strategy, effectively throughout the breadth and depth of their
... See more“How do you do a good job as a leader when you have to sell a decision you don’t agree with?” Part of what we’ve talked about is how to get to a place personally where you can disagree and commit. For me, it usually requires asking for space to discuss something until I understand. I may not agree but I need to understand why we’re making the... See more
Molly's June Tidbits
