--- status: growing --- ## What's the big idea here? Leaders make the people around them better, stronger, bolder, more moral. They focus on two things, the shared mission and growing the people in order to achieve their maximum. It is not about what the leader accomplished but what the people under the leader accomplish. Eisenhower “leadership is about getting a group of people to do what needs to be done” In a world of complexity the leaders job is to create the conditions as opposed to having the ability to create a strong vision. A key leadership attribute is [[curiosity]], to know there is something going on, and not being certain about their own beliefs. [[assume my instincts are wrong]] is a much better approach than trust the leader. ## emotional intelligence Daniel Goldman - Self awareness - Self managememt - Social awareness - Listening ## Fallacy of great person leader - who you are - Actions - Behaviors - accountability ## leadership isn’t a role - Don’t give away control - Don’t blame ## management - Structure - manage a problem, manage a situation - Don’t manage people - Elevate people ## What could you do if you were the leader? ## Why aren’t you doing that anyway? ## What can you do? [[Design thinking]] is seeking not solving ### Sources [leadership conversation in positive turbulence podcast](https://overcast.fm/+UGJ1mz1m4)