Meditations On Leadership
These are my thoughts on leadership related topics and ideas. It is meant to be a sort of journal for me and if you find it useful than I am happy to have helped.
"It's up to the leader of an organization to set the tone for the rest of the company." -William Vanderbloemen I finished 100 Ways to Create Wealth by Sam Beckford and Steve Chandler today. If I'm honest I had serious doubts when I started this book because I read another book not too long ago by a similar title and premise that I thought was pretty mediocre. This book was much better. I was also surprised by how much of the book was centered on leadership. One part of the book I liked in particular talked about transforming problems into interactive brainstorming sessions. Their point is that the way you present information to your employees will greatly influence the way they perceive it. If you come presenting a problem they will probably struggle to come up with a creative solution but if you present the same information as a brainstorming session and you laugh together about some of the off the wall ideas that you come up with as a team you will enjoy the time more and the chances are higher that you will come up with a creative solution to your problem. They don't really get into why this works very much but it is my understanding from reading about this principle in other places that when you are happy and your mental attitude is positive you have a greater capacity to be creative but if you are focused on problems your mind struggles to be creative. They had a lot of other great points in this book and I encourage you to read it. I don't agree with everything they say, I disagree with one section in particular where they talk about how "money really is everything" but I can see their point. I still recommend it as a great read for anyone and especially for leaders. Leadership LessonIt is important as a leader to set the tone in every situation. People will especially look to you to set the tone in difficult situations. Don't allow yourself to be the catalyst for causing the avalanche of fear and unproductive action. Make sure you are positive in your attitude even when presenting problems.
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