Last week I provided a brief commentary on the importance for those in leadership to earn the trust of those they lead. That content sparked a series of discussions and responses including an email that provides a corollary to Leadership and Trust; namely, the difference between honor and respect.
People are more likely to follow and respect a leader they trust.
...and are less likely to follow - and will never respect - a leader they do not trust.
I just wish our political leaders - from all of the political parties - understood this.
And lived accordingly.
I know, this should have been a Tweet, not a blog post.
Yet sometimes less is more.
Unless it is trust; in which case "more" wins every time.
In response to a recent Leadership Notes article, my friend Sean Meenan replied as follows:
“5 simple words... leadership for dummies, ‘Inspire to lead or retire.’"
James Kouzes and Barry Posner do a good job of unpacking this a bit further in their book, A Leader’s Legacy. The following excerpt spells out the above principle in more specific terms:
Over the past two weeks I have looked at the character qualities and some compelling attributes of successful leadership. Another quality worth consideration is the ability to learn from those around us and adjust our strategy to embrace what we learn.
Last week we discussed Authenticity in Leadership and concluded (together with research from Harvard Business School) that Character matters. This week we take a brief look at the Character of a truly remarkable leader.
Last week I quoted a Harvard Business School study regarding the importance of communication in Leadership.
The next question is this, "When it comes to communication and marketing, is there a Best tool avaialble?" Yes. The answer is Video, as illustrated above.
Harvard Business School is well known for its sage advice on the topic of leadership in business.
A commentary from the HBS “Working Knowledge” series caught my eye when it discussed the importance of communication in the role of leadership. Here is an excerpt from the article I read:
"Communication is the real work of leadership," says HBS professor Nitin Nohria, who documented the importance of persuasion in his 1992 book Beyond the Hype: Rediscovering the Essence of Management.
There are many variations when it comes to leadership styles. Yet at the core, it may be possible to boil down a person’s central or “core” leadership style as the product of one or the other of two issues: Concentration or Distribution.
