Secrets of Magnetic Leadership

Fake charisma is warts sprinkled with glitter. It disguises incompetence. Glitter hides bullies with manners. You don’t need a magnetic personality to make work compelling. Fake magnatism: Look at me. Theranos and the… Continue reading

Adaptive Confidence

Weak leaders demand certainty. Timid leaders cuddle with ambiguity.

Adaptive confidence is the ability to move forward with conviction while remaining willing to change your mind.

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Judgments Based on Fabrications

You haven’t figured yourself out. What makes you think you understand others?

Don’t make judgments based on fabrications.

Listen for “that’s because” when you evaluate people.

Judgments emerge from made up stories about why people do what they do.

Don’t Be a Hater-Leader

You aren’t literally a hater-leader. (I hope.) But you may do things that feel like hate.

Leaders who focus on fixing people feel like haters to their victims.

Rejection feels like hate.

Development helps people grow. Fixing treats them like defects.

How to Develop Mature Team Members

You can’t force maturity. You can make maturity more likely.

Mature people require less supervision.

Mature people respond skillfully to reality.

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Stop Developing Your Leadership

“Developing your leadership” sound grand. It’s useless.

You can’t practice “leadership.” You can practice specific leadership skills.

You can’t practice a generality.

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