S02E07 The Leadership From The Back End Episode

Check-In Question:

• How do you define intelligence?

Big Ideas:

• Is charismatic leadership over-rated? 
• Likeability versus leadership. They aren't mutually exclusive.
• Melencholic leaders are more affective
• Power over (positional), versus power with (relational)
• What emotions can be shown at work, and by whom?
• Leadership struggles for Theresa come from trying to be the strong, even in the face of hard emotions
• Sharing emotions can build trust
• Holding down the balloon underwater isn't sustainable
• Big life changes are okay at work, but the little stresses accumulate and can't always been shown, shared at work
• Do leaders have to be likeable?
• Does leadership matter for executives? Do we overvalue it?
• How do you define leadership?
• An executive is merely someone who makes decisions who affect the company
• Leadership is about non-organizational skills, but people skills (not process, strategy, etc.)
• Leadership is multifaceted
• Leadership is defined by how you face adversity
• Adversity sets leaders apart
• Leaders because of who you are, and "leaders" who have a position/title only
• Don't know our ability to lead until after a crisis happens
• Testament to leadership - do you have other people's back and do they have yours?
• Everybody can be a leader
• Challenge to understand ourselves well enough to serve others
• Leadership for ego, and leadership for change
• Not here to only serve ourselves, we are here to serve people and solve problems through our businesses
• How do you need to be a leader in the face of "evil" or "bad" people in the world?
• How does culture influence who we want as a leader? 
• Vulnerability isn't the only key to being a good leader
• The importance of knowing who you are as part of any leadership program
• Tell someone who/how to be, or allow people the chance to experience it themselves
• Can't buy leadership on the shelf
• Serving others from internal or external motivation
• What are you serving others for?
• Leadership comes from the backend of a crisis.
• We can all look like great leaders when it's rosy

Resources:

• HBR Must Reads on Leadership
• Bittersweet by Susan Cain
• Brené Brown
• Band of Brothers 
• The Circle Way
• The Conscious Creator by Kelly Small
• The Prince -Machiavelli
• The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

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