Leadership basics I wish I had learned earlier - Part I
This blog on leadership has three sections. Part I, as Simon Sinek suggests, starts with “why”; why are we talking about leadership at all? Part II focuses on “what”; what leaders actually do for work. And Part III focuses on the “how”; how you can develop your leadership values and most importantly habits. I can count on one hand how many leaders I’ve observed over the years who I truly aspired to emulate. There were certainly a few, and they were phenomenal. But many others were examples of what not to be. Unfortunately I know I’m not the only one who has had this experience. Leaders affect both businesses as well as individual people's lives. The impact that leaders have, both the good ones and the bad, can be immeasurable. So it’s worth asking, what makes good leaders so good, and bad leaders so bad? I spent a couple decades searching for these answers. Of course I observed those around me. I read books, visited websites, watched...