Great bosses have the knack of “staying in tune” with how their followers (and superiors, peers, and customers too) react to what they say and do.
The best bosses are acutely aware that their success depends on having the self-awareness to control their moods and moves, to accurately interpret their impact on others, and to make adjustments on the fly that continuously spark effort, dignity, and pride among their people.
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Today’s Leadership Leverage radio show welcomes a very unique consultant & author STAN SLAP. Stan will help us gain an understanding of how to live our values at work and translate them into becoming more truly committed and more emotionally invested to enhance the results of those that we lead. For more information on Slap and his new book, Bury My Heart at Conference Room B, please visit: www.burymyheart.com
In 1912 a management consultant, Ivy Lee, called on Charles M. Schwab of the Bethlehem Steel Company. Lee outlined briefly his firm’s services, ending with the statement: “With our service, you’ll know how to manage better.”
The indignant Schwab said, “What we need around here is not more ‘knowing’ but more doing, not knowledge but action; if you can give us something to pep us up to do the things we ALREADY KNOW we ought to do, I’ll gladly listen to you and pay you anything you ask.”
“Fine,” said Lee. “I can give you something in twenty minutes that will step up your action and doing at least 50 percent.”
“O.K.,” said Schwab. “I have just about that much time before I must leave to catch a train. What’s your idea?”
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