Leadership and strategy both hinge on accurate understanding, shaping and leveraging human motivations. What people say they want and what they actually do are often very different. Leaders must understand and manage this as enablers of progress and performance. But the first step is to start with the leader themself. What motivates people can be…
One of the most important processes in leadership is to set strategy. To put a finer point in it, the job requires the leader to set good strategy. Strategy matters because its purpose is to help create the future you desire.
Be humble. It’s a fundamental of all the ancient Cynic, Stoic and Taoist philosophy texts. Here’s my interpretation from the Tao te Ching. Avoid hubris. Be simple. Avoid overconfidence – your own and others’. Nothing is certain. No one can tell the future. No one knows everything. Leave room to be wrong. Preserve optionality. Don’t…