Post by mstjuste on Jun 8, 2021 21:43:11 GMT
A. Watch Simon Sinek video:
www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action
B. Read Chapter 5 of Jack Welch: Winning (in separate email)
C. On the discussion board, please discuss the following:
1. Are you more of a Why, a What, or a How person? Where do YOU begin when "selling" your vision?
I am more of a “Why” person which is why I often ask questions that lead me to the “why” in anything that I do. When it comes to selling my vision, I usually go to the why because it’s what drives me, it’s my passion and what inspires me. I can’t sell a check if I don’t believe and understand the purpose and use of it. If a paycheck means a life changed, a child born, a new home for the homeless or healing for someone who’s been challenged with cancer...I’m all in. I don’t even care about my fears or insecurities at that point because it’s all about the mission. I lead a worship team/ministry at church and despite many challenges we face, I remind them of our purpose and why we do what we do. The why is what gives me energy. Without it, I’m disinterested. The What, I can do but boredom will have me drop it after some time. The how only means something if intrigues me and the source is usually the why.
2. How do you help your team (or your colleagues) "see the vision, live it, and breathe it"? (See Chapter 5 Winning)
Honestly, Jack Welch keeps beating it in repeatitively, “Before, your job was about yourself. Now, it’s about them.” - (Jack Welch) I believe in leading by example. I have to believe it and feel it, because if I don’t, I lose their attention and belief and hence their commitment.
3. What types of questions might you ask of your team that are "answered with action"?
What inspires you? What about this job, project lights you up? Why have you been doing this? What’s kept you? How can I support you? What challenges have you had with this project/job/task? The way I answer is usually by leading with questions, making suggestions or taking on doing the task alongside them as they lead, guide and direct me. Usually people find what lights them up when they’re able to share, express and demonstrate it to an open heart/ear that’s willing to listen.
4. What one thing would you add to Welch's "Leadership Rules"?
I would add:
“Hire people who believe what you believe” - Simon Sinek
Although Welch shares how to drive others by leading by example, a great deal of the process is finding people who are already driven by what you are.
I remember the experience of starting a group, seeing it grow and watching it crumble due to divided agendas and misalignment with the mission. I take responsibility for not taking the extra needed steps of nudging, pushing, that Welch shared most leaders do. I tried to lead from the back when everyone needed leadership from the front. I didn’t because I was afraid to be seen. I didn’t want the burden or accountability of potential failure and that failed commitment led to a failed project. I have learned from this that finding “like minds” is a key component, because some minds aren’t there to be converted but they will buy into the mission of a winning team. If you have enough agreement, the others will follow... eventually.
FINAL NOTE:
It's amazing how failure seems to possess within it the key to success. No thriving business or organization evolves without it, because with in the recipe lies commitment, problem solving, engagement, testing, innovation, inspiration and an alignment with our WHY. The example Sinek gave of how one businessman GAVE UP after hearing 2 brothers managed to fly rather than joining resources. Failure helps you see who's in it for the long hall. Failure opens your eyes to holes in our process and gives us an opportunity to uncover new ways, new approaches and new levels. This module really impresses upon me that Failure truly is a gift that can only come from ones commitment to their WHY. It's the reason many marriages end in divorce. Too many want the end product without the process. Too many go into a commitment for the wrong reasons. Too many don't have a WHY to keep them going when all isn't as glamorous as what's portrayed in false media. I only hope that I manifest and pursue my WHY fearlessly enough to the extent that others get their lives from it.
By the way: My WHY is because HUMANITY matters and every soul needs to know it. Any word I can speak or action I can take to make that tangible and real for those I connect with is my gift, my joy, my fulfillment... my WHY. (LOVE)
www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action
B. Read Chapter 5 of Jack Welch: Winning (in separate email)
C. On the discussion board, please discuss the following:
1. Are you more of a Why, a What, or a How person? Where do YOU begin when "selling" your vision?
I am more of a “Why” person which is why I often ask questions that lead me to the “why” in anything that I do. When it comes to selling my vision, I usually go to the why because it’s what drives me, it’s my passion and what inspires me. I can’t sell a check if I don’t believe and understand the purpose and use of it. If a paycheck means a life changed, a child born, a new home for the homeless or healing for someone who’s been challenged with cancer...I’m all in. I don’t even care about my fears or insecurities at that point because it’s all about the mission. I lead a worship team/ministry at church and despite many challenges we face, I remind them of our purpose and why we do what we do. The why is what gives me energy. Without it, I’m disinterested. The What, I can do but boredom will have me drop it after some time. The how only means something if intrigues me and the source is usually the why.
2. How do you help your team (or your colleagues) "see the vision, live it, and breathe it"? (See Chapter 5 Winning)
Honestly, Jack Welch keeps beating it in repeatitively, “Before, your job was about yourself. Now, it’s about them.” - (Jack Welch) I believe in leading by example. I have to believe it and feel it, because if I don’t, I lose their attention and belief and hence their commitment.
3. What types of questions might you ask of your team that are "answered with action"?
What inspires you? What about this job, project lights you up? Why have you been doing this? What’s kept you? How can I support you? What challenges have you had with this project/job/task? The way I answer is usually by leading with questions, making suggestions or taking on doing the task alongside them as they lead, guide and direct me. Usually people find what lights them up when they’re able to share, express and demonstrate it to an open heart/ear that’s willing to listen.
4. What one thing would you add to Welch's "Leadership Rules"?
I would add:
“Hire people who believe what you believe” - Simon Sinek
Although Welch shares how to drive others by leading by example, a great deal of the process is finding people who are already driven by what you are.
I remember the experience of starting a group, seeing it grow and watching it crumble due to divided agendas and misalignment with the mission. I take responsibility for not taking the extra needed steps of nudging, pushing, that Welch shared most leaders do. I tried to lead from the back when everyone needed leadership from the front. I didn’t because I was afraid to be seen. I didn’t want the burden or accountability of potential failure and that failed commitment led to a failed project. I have learned from this that finding “like minds” is a key component, because some minds aren’t there to be converted but they will buy into the mission of a winning team. If you have enough agreement, the others will follow... eventually.
FINAL NOTE:
It's amazing how failure seems to possess within it the key to success. No thriving business or organization evolves without it, because with in the recipe lies commitment, problem solving, engagement, testing, innovation, inspiration and an alignment with our WHY. The example Sinek gave of how one businessman GAVE UP after hearing 2 brothers managed to fly rather than joining resources. Failure helps you see who's in it for the long hall. Failure opens your eyes to holes in our process and gives us an opportunity to uncover new ways, new approaches and new levels. This module really impresses upon me that Failure truly is a gift that can only come from ones commitment to their WHY. It's the reason many marriages end in divorce. Too many want the end product without the process. Too many go into a commitment for the wrong reasons. Too many don't have a WHY to keep them going when all isn't as glamorous as what's portrayed in false media. I only hope that I manifest and pursue my WHY fearlessly enough to the extent that others get their lives from it.
By the way: My WHY is because HUMANITY matters and every soul needs to know it. Any word I can speak or action I can take to make that tangible and real for those I connect with is my gift, my joy, my fulfillment... my WHY. (LOVE)