- If you are not going to be pleasant then you'd better be ultra-competent.
- If you think you have all of the answers that is a sign that you do not have all of the answers.
- Before you hammer a change through the organization, use the hammer on your ego and listen to more people.
- Beware of simple explanations for human behavior. Beware of the complicated ones too.
- At least once a week, have coffee or lunch with someone who is not in your usual circle.
- Contacts are nice, but relationships are better.
- Be forgiving but also be alert.
- People need to be studied in order to be understood and the knowledge which is obtained may have a short expiration date.
- Evaluate your work for its effectiveness today and for how you are likely to regard it ten years from now.
- You can focus on some subjects only by not focusing on them.
- Organizations don't make decisions. People do.
- A major decision that may be slept on, should be slept on.
- Keep track of your organization's history. It is not a "nice to know' but a "need to know."
Commentary by management consultant Michael Wade on Leadership, Ethics, Management, and Life
Monday, March 10, 2014
Monday Morning Advice for Leaders
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4 comments:
That last point is so important! (They all are, really.) It's amazing how difficult it is to step into a leadership role at an organization where no one has kept track of past decisions, lessons learned or even "tribal knowledge" over the years.
CincyCat,
I believe that is one of the most overlooked responsibilities in organizations.
Michael
Great points, Michael.
I am amazed by the number of "important" decisions arrived at and delivered instantly to meet a truly fictional deadline, only to be modified within a day or two (or worse, left unmodified for fear of waffling).
There is usually time to sleep on an important decision.
Kurt,
Thanks.
I think that Sam Rayburn was onto something when he said that "The three most important words in the world are 'Wait a minute.'"
Michael
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