CEOs Don’t Come Pre-Made. Authentic Leadership Has To Be Learned
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#2Reminds me of the Drucker quote:
"Leadership cannot be taught or learned."[1]
Which is funny, because the article itself is a lesson about what is required to become a leader.
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#3I like this article, although I think that some people have a higher tendency to be a leader. Based on personal experience these are the types of people that grew up being able to manage their peers. This transcends into the workplace. These types of people still will need the same sort of education as described in this article, it just may come more naturally to them. Regardless, I think that being a good manager/CEO is a skill that can be acquired much like any other skill with studying and practice.
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#4I like this article, although I think that some people have a higher tendency to be a leader. Based on personal experience these are the types of people that grew up being able to manage their peers. This transcends into the workplace. These types of people still will need the same sort of education as described in this article, it just may come more naturally to them. Regardless, I think that being a good manager/CE…
I think that regardless of tendencies, some of the most inspiring and successful people (on any path in life) have been those who are authentic and comfortable with themselves.
That said, the world seems to have a real deficit of sincere and authentic leaders.
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#5I like this article, although I think that some people have a higher tendency to be a leader. Based on personal experience these are the types of people that grew up being able to manage their peers. This transcends into the workplace. These types of people still will need the same sort of education as described in this article, it just may come more naturally to them. Regardless, I think that being a good manager/CE…
I think that regardless of tendencies, some of the most inspiring and successful people (on any path in life) have been those who are authentic and comfortable with themselves. That said, the world seems to have a real deficit of sincere and authentic leaders.
There is an element of 'Become great, and then just do what comes naturally' here, though. Its both insightful and somewhat problematic, in the sense that inauthenticity is a red-flag, but authentic != good, so the converse is not true (not-inauthentic is not 'good', per-se).
TLDR: you need authentic (+) goodness, together.
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#6I am an introvert and I manage a group of 22 employees in my now 8 year company. I have learned that the best way to connect with people is not to take myself too seriously. Also, make their time worthwhile when talking to them, don't ever over-promise and really, genuinely care about what they say to you.
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#7I am an introvert and I manage a group of 22 employees in my now 8 year company. I have learned that the best way to connect with people is not to take myself too seriously. Also, make their time worthwhile when talking to them, don't ever over-promise and really, genuinely care about what they say to you.
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#8I am an introvert and I manage a group of 22 employees in my now 8 year company. I have learned that the best way to connect with people is not to take myself too seriously. Also, make their time worthwhile when talking to them, don't ever over-promise and really, genuinely care about what they say to you.
"take your job seriously and yourself lightly." -herb kelleher
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think that regardless of tendencies, some of the most inspiring and successful people (on any path in life) have been those who are authentic and comfortable with themselves. That said, the world seems to have a real deficit of sincere and authentic leaders.
There is an element of 'Become great, and then just do what comes naturally' here, though. Its both insightful and somewhat problematic, in the sense that inauthenticity is a red-flag, but authentic != good, so the converse is not true (not-inauthentic is not 'good', per-se ). TLDR: you need authentic (+) goodness, together.
In my opinion, comrade, there are some "great" leaders who neither good nor authentic.
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#10the ceo of my last company took it as an article of faith that "you don't need to be liked in order to get results" (which, of course, was his self-justification for being an asshole to everyone, but he had really managed to convince himself of it). i was never able to explain to him how wrong it was, he just dismissed it as me being a techie who "didn't understand people".