How am I doing as a leader? The answer is how are the people you lead doing. Do they learn? Do they visit customers? Do they manage conflict? Do they initiate change? Are they growing and getting promoted? You won't remember when you retire what you did in the first quarter of 1994, or the third. What you'll remember is how many people you developed. How many people you helped have a better career because of your interest and your dedication to their development... When confused as to how you're doing as a leader, find out how the people you lead are doing. You'll know the answer. - Larry Bossidy
I saw this video on People Matters, shared by a LinkedIn friend this morning and this metaphor "A mentor's advice is like raindrops from heaven—recognize them" triggered a line of thought for my Sunday blog on Culture Journeys.
Great Leaders create their own classroom of learning to which they invite those who wish to learn and contribute in their development. Roger Enrico, the former CEO of PepsiCo before he became the CEO of PepsiCo devoted more than 120 days exclusively to coaching and mentoring the next generation of PepsiCo leaders. He personally designed a program called "Building the Business, and over 18 months he ran the program ten times, with classes of 9 participants each time.
Culture Journeys To Scale Business Growth is a program that I have just launched on Udemy to develop the leadership capability to scale business growth. It is a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course ware) based curriculum to help spread the word and make it any time and anywhere learning.
Being a Culture Mentor is a responsibility that all Managers and Leaders should own and dispense to help others be successful in their journey. It can be translated into roles & responsibilities and job descriptions, but until and unless there is an internal motivation to help discover the best in others... the journey of a leader does not begin.
Hope to make a difference in the professional lives of people any where and any time!
Being a Culture Mentor is a responsibility that all Managers and Leaders should own and dispense to help others be successful in their journey. It can be translated into roles & responsibilities and job descriptions, but until and unless there is an internal motivation to help discover the best in others... the journey of a leader does not begin.
Hope to make a difference in the professional lives of people any where and any time!
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