Name: Talking Leadership: Things I wish I knew sooner
Uploaded: 2023-06-28T15:02:34.135Z
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A critical lesson that I learned very,
very early in my corporate leadership

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career, even before I was CEO and
this was an essential and massive

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realization for me, and that was that
no individual works for an organization.

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Let, let's stop this delusion.

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No individual works for an organization.

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Everyone works for themselves.

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They might work in an organization,
but they work for themselves.

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And this realization was transformative
on my own leadership in my career.

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And then in the last several years
has been   transformational on those

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people who I've, those leaders and
thousands of leaders and managers

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who I've had the privilege to coach.

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Well, in my experience,
excellence comes at a price.

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Do the best you can with
whatever resources you have and

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do better when you have more.

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I have to remind myself every day that
there are only 24 hours in a day and

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you cannot do everything you love.

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So focus is a cue.

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Well, that thing is
the power of saying no.

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You see, as a team player,
I was the go-to person.

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I had all the answers all the
time, but when I became a leader,

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that skill became a handicap.

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You see, on the one hand, I continued
to answer all the questions and

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I made sure my team did as well.

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I micromanaged and stifled them
completely, and on the other hand,

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I never had any time to really
focus on the important things.

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I was overworked and overwhelmed when I
learned to start saying no things changed.

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Firstly.

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I allowed my team to do things.

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I empowered them, they learnt, and
they grew, and secondly, I was able to

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focus on what really, really mattered.

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It was a win-win situation.

A critical lesson that I learned very,
very early in my corporate leadership

career, even before I was CEO and
this was an essential and massive

realization for me, and that was that
no individual works for an organization.

They might work in an organization,
but they work for themselves.

And this realization was transformative
on my own leadership in my career.

And then in the last several years
has been   transformational on those

people who I've, those leaders and
thousands of leaders and managers

Well, in my experience,
excellence comes at a price.

Do the best you can with
whatever resources you have and

I have to remind myself every day that
there are only 24 hours in a day and

Well, that thing is
the power of saying no.

You see, as a team player,
I was the go-to person.

I had all the answers all the
time, but when I became a leader,

You see, on the one hand, I continued
to answer all the questions and

I micromanaged and stifled them
completely, and on the other hand,

I never had any time to really
focus on the important things.

I was overworked and overwhelmed when I
learned to start saying no things changed.

I empowered them, they learnt, and
they grew, and secondly, I was able to

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Time offers us an opportunity to look back on our past experiences and mistakes to learn from them. We reached out to leaders from across the globe and asked them to reveal the biggest lessons they wished they'd learned sooner on their path to leadership. 

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