February 11, 2018

Mistakes not to make as a leader

A lesson learned and internalized for every year of life (21)

  1. Don’t ever ask your team more than you ask of yourself
  2. Be willing to let your team outshine you
  3. Avoid measuring the result of something by the way it made you feel or what you got out of it personally rather than measuring its impact on everyone
  4. Be a shepherd always - when a team member joins, and especially when they leave
  5. Never strive, but always demonstrate excellence
  6. Surround yourself with wisdom, not knowledge and mirrors
  7. Thank people relentlessly, always acknowledge but don’t award
  8. Check in, but don’t micro manage
  9. Never miss a deadline or break a promise, follow through on consequences
  10. Be the calmest person in the room, but don’t be passive
  11. Outperform secretly so you can underperform publicly (and not feel insecure about people thinking you don’t serve)
  12. Never forget the one, don’t become corporate-minded
  13. Recognize your platform as a stone in the wall, His great platform, because it’s not yours
  14. But don’t sell yourself short, He called you so step up
  15. Smile a lot, but not like in a creepy way
  16. Have an A—F plan, but the Holy Spirit’s spontaneity always takes priority
  17. Be approachable, but solid
  18. 9/10 talk to the person(s) you have an issue with immediately
  19. Always show up with more than you’ll give out
  20. Practice perspective: use it for scalability (view it from God’s pov) and use it for sympathy/empathy
  21. Don’t forget to live in the moment, it’s ok to not always push for what’s next

Synthesis:

These core principles can be synthesized into overarching themes:


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