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My colleague, Max Brown, and I had the delight of interviewing Jim Kouzes, co-author of The Leadership Challenge today for our Real Recognition Radio show.
As I came away from this insightful sharing from Jim on the simplicity and awesome power and responsibility of leadership as a driving force for “encouraging the heart” I realized many leaders are not operating on full “leadership” capacity.
Jim reminds all of us that the job of a leader is to improve performance, not to diminish or leave performance where it currently is. If those in leadership position cannot fulfill the role of being able to encourage and help people do more and be more they should get out of leadership.
Leaders must daily fill up their leadership gas tanks to be on full when they reach the company and interact with their people.
Jim told us leaders must develop their capacity to encourage the hearts of others. They must turn introspectively on their own lives and reflect and recall the emotional connection of their own meaningful recognition experience. By tapping into this emotional well of human reality they will find the meaning and reason for acknowledging the worth and contributions of those around them.
Never drive to work on empty.
As I came away from this insightful sharing from Jim on the simplicity and awesome power and responsibility of leadership as a driving force for “encouraging the heart” I realized many leaders are not operating on full “leadership” capacity.
Jim reminds all of us that the job of a leader is to improve performance, not to diminish or leave performance where it currently is. If those in leadership position cannot fulfill the role of being able to encourage and help people do more and be more they should get out of leadership.
Leaders must daily fill up their leadership gas tanks to be on full when they reach the company and interact with their people.
Jim told us leaders must develop their capacity to encourage the hearts of others. They must turn introspectively on their own lives and reflect and recall the emotional connection of their own meaningful recognition experience. By tapping into this emotional well of human reality they will find the meaning and reason for acknowledging the worth and contributions of those around them.
Never drive to work on empty.
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