3 Lessons for Leaders I was asked yesterday if I had three key lessons for leaders from my own experience. I'll be honest, I hate being asked this type of question. It means I have to place my bets on 3 and not 300 options. The truth is, it varies quite considerably depending on the context; the leader themselves and what strengths they have; and if I am completely honest, where I am myself at any one moment. That said I decided to try for 3 anyway. I went back in my memory (an increasingly unreliable task as I get older) to meetings, trainings, coaching conversations etc. and asked myself, “what have they most often said they need and what have I most often seen might be needed”? “Which behaviours, skills or mindset have I most often seen that need to be built or built on”? I came up with quite a few but then I narrowed it down. I am conscious that the focus here is from my perspective and one that leans heavily on the person and the relationship. So t...
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