In the last month, I came across a few interesting readings on leadership and employees worth sharing.
Jacob Morgan has a book out called The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization.
He talks about the book in his Forbes post and his manifesto. I especially like the graphic on the evolution of the employee on the Forbes website. Jacob's also involved in a collaborative initiative, The Future Organization. You can join if this is of interest and if you can afford the membership.
Good employees stem from and result in good leaders, leaders who inspire, according to Bain and Company, their article, Leaders who inspire: A 21st-century approach to developing your talent. " Leaders can no longer rely only on traditional leadership skills to be effective. They can no longer simply issue directives. Nor can leaders rely heavily on the traditional tools of motivation—the classic carrot-and-stick approach.
Instead, they now must have the ability to energize the people around them, foster engagement and create a trusting atmosphere. They must inspire their teams—and that inspiration must extend all the way to the front line."
Do your leaders energise, foster engagement, and create trust? Or do they inspire strong feelings of dislike for themselves? Are they focused on "you" or do they come to work seeking to maximise their personal gain? Have you reached a point where there is no expectation of merit, fairness, justice, and decency? If yes, aren't we demeaning the word "leaders?"
Jacob Morgan has a book out called The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization.
He talks about the book in his Forbes post and his manifesto. I especially like the graphic on the evolution of the employee on the Forbes website. Jacob's also involved in a collaborative initiative, The Future Organization. You can join if this is of interest and if you can afford the membership.
Good employees stem from and result in good leaders, leaders who inspire, according to Bain and Company, their article, Leaders who inspire: A 21st-century approach to developing your talent. " Leaders can no longer rely only on traditional leadership skills to be effective. They can no longer simply issue directives. Nor can leaders rely heavily on the traditional tools of motivation—the classic carrot-and-stick approach.
Instead, they now must have the ability to energize the people around them, foster engagement and create a trusting atmosphere. They must inspire their teams—and that inspiration must extend all the way to the front line."
Do your leaders energise, foster engagement, and create trust? Or do they inspire strong feelings of dislike for themselves? Are they focused on "you" or do they come to work seeking to maximise their personal gain? Have you reached a point where there is no expectation of merit, fairness, justice, and decency? If yes, aren't we demeaning the word "leaders?"
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