50 DOs for Everyday Leadership is like having a practical leadership coach with you in the trenches. This new book includes practical ideas for each "DO" and can be considered your field guide to become more successful in influencing people at work and in life.
Say, you have asked yourself this question: "How do I reduce misunderstandings and get people on the same page?" The book lists six DOs with don'ts including detailed steps for each DO. Here are the DO action items in response to this question:
Work through issues with people; listen first, then discuss
Explain why or how decisions are made
Listen and understand first, then act
Repeat back a summary of what people have told you
Be completely clear about your follow-up---what you will do and won't do
Start meetings with rules and boundaries for discussion
Self-directed learning helps you to discover an ideal vision of yourself to feel motivated in developing the abilities necessary to get you where you want to be. That is, you see the person you want to be---living with the capability necessary to create and sustain the new you. This becomes the source of the energy required to work at the difficult and often frustrating process of change.
"The crux of leadership development that works is self directed learning -- intentionally developing or strengthening an aspect of who you are or who you want to be, or both." Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee (Harvard Business School Press)
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