Not all Managers are Leaders. Moreover, not all Leaders are savvy. In this post, Ruth Simmons offers a few nuggets for those who aspire to be savvy Leaders. Wisdom-building lessons aren’t always where you’d expect to find them.
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In life, Simmons feels that learning is ongoing and that lessons can be learned when you least expect them. A Leader must not assume that lessons are always going to come ‘neatly tied in a bow’.
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities, brilliantly disguised as impossible situations”
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To put it simply, Ruth Simmons feels that organizations driven by “individual glorification” are doomed to mediocrity. In this post, three teamwork strategies, that Simmons learned early in her professional career, are shared. As well, the work of Patrick Lencioni, on the dysfunctions that make good teamwork impossible, are explored.
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