Learning About What Makes a Great Leader Leaders fascinates me. It excites me that leaders always have something to teach – directly or indirectly. It’s not just about what they say, it’s also about the way they do things and interact with people. Learning about what makes a great leader inspires me.

Takeaways

By summarizing what you learn, you commit these learnings to your memory

  • This is one of the most effective ways to learn anything
  • Teaching someone or summarizing it in your own words
  • There’s a lot to learn from Simon’s talk, and it’s only summarizing here

Be the Leader You Wish You Had

Leadership doesn’t have to start from the top. It starts with you and me.

  • Create a safe environment where you can be yourself, work for the common vision set by the leaders, and invite those outside the tribe to experience the conditions the safe environment entails

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Create a Thriving Environment

Create an environment where trust and cooperation can thrive

  • We depend on each other to survive and get things done.
  • Leaders are responsible for making us feel safe in these environments so that we can be ourselves, care for the people to the left and right of us, and excel in our day to day roles.

Sacrifice For Your Tribe

Leaders are willing to sacrifice their interests to save the lives of the people in their tribe

  • Great leaders are the ones that would sacrifice their own interests to take care of those around them
  • They would never sacrifice their people for their own financial gain

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