The blog will pick a word of the week, to share & explore the selected word. Here’s an expression for the word – leadership. Great leadership is inspiring others, setting a clear direction & empowering people to achieve their full potential. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision & learning into reality. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way & shows the way” – John Maxwell
Dare To Lead shares that leadership isn’t about titles, status or wielding power. A leader is really self-aware, one who takes the responsibility for recognising the potential in people & has the vision to develop that potential. When we Dare To Lead, we don’t always have the right answers. We learn to stay calm, curious & creative to ask the right questions. Knowledge becomes infinite when we listen, when we share it with others.
Leadership in a culture defined by uncertainty requires skill building around traits that are uniquely human. What can we do better? Empathy, efficiency, transparency, integrity, discovery, inclusivity? Brene Brown shares that great leaders ask the same question. How do we cultivate more inspiring leaders, how do we embed the value of courage, creativity & compassion in our culture?
Brown writes that leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, observable & measurable. Passion, creativity, our ability to learn or un-learn & showing up with our whole heart. Easy? No. Worth it? Always. Dare To Lead. An incredibly motivational read.
