Leadership is Hard!

Being a leader is not for the faint of heart. It’s easier to take the path of least resistance. It’s easier to tolerate bad behavior than it is to address it. However, great leaders are less concerned with their own discomfort of having a hard conversation than they are about the overarching direction, goals, and needs of the organization. Today’s show is about the not-so-glamorous side of leadership because in the end, leadership is about behavior not about position and people will listen to what you say but they will believe what you do!

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 It’s not unkind to be clear and you don’t have to be ugly to be candid.

🔑 It’s hard to act in a way that aligns with your words.

🔑 Leaders do the hard things. Leaders can stand on their values and the values of the organization in which they are leading.

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

Think about the things that you’re not doing because they’re hard. What is that difficult conversation that you’re refusing to have because it’s hard and you don’t want to hurt somebody’s feelings?

Is there a way that you can reframe that difficult conversation to be a conversation that needs to be had for the good of the person and the good of your department, organization, or business?

What is that behavior that’s been exhibited that you’re not changing because it’s hard to do so?

Find that behavior and do something today that’s different.

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸 

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