by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Thursday Thoughts |
Thursday Thoughts: Be a leader worth following. People follow leaders by choice. Otherwise at best, you get mindless compliance. Read ➤ How to Be a Leader People Want to Follow. * * * * * * * * * * *...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Vision and Strategy |
If your vision statement is like most, you don’t think about it much, and its best use is for bedtime reading as a cure for insomnia. 7 Reasons Your Vision Statement Puts People to Sleep 1. It sounds like “God, Mother, and Apple-Pie.” 2. It is too vague to...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Thursday Thoughts |
Thursday Thoughts: Do what you say. Say what you mean. Without integrity, your other values don’t matter. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * In addition to my regular leadership blog,...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership |
People follow leaders by choice. You can get compliance through imposing your authority, by coercion or manipulation, but you won’t be trusted and respected. And when your followers do have a choice, there is no guarantee they will continue to follow you. Or if you...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Thursday Thoughts |
A story is told about a young boy who was traveling with his grandmother to a nearby village. The boy, very excited about the adventure, ran back and forth along the path, impatient with his grandmother’s slowness. He snacked on the berries they had brought as he...