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Transformational Leadership

“A boss has a title, a leader has the people” – Simon Sinek

There’s no silver bullet, yet here is my personal bullet-list:

  • Do the Right things – then do things right 🎯
  • Focus on Outcome – business value not task 📈
  • Have a Vision – see the Top of the mountain 🏔️
  • Win-Win – positive scenario for all sides wins 🤝
  • Being busy, doesn’t mean productive 🐎
  • Less is More – cut of the noise 🎧
  • Encourage & Guide – micromanage early, then trust 🧿
  • Raise the Flag – escalate early, ditch blockers, save countless hours 🚩
  • Be Honest – avoid toxic optimism, disagree and commit ☢️
  • Open Door – keep the door open for collaboration 🗝️
  • Set the boundary – say No, to stuff not fulfilling Ur goals ⏳
  • Celebrate Ur guys – praise in public 🍻

The Open Door

The most effective communication is face to face conversation. The simplest thing of all isn’t really even about holding the door for someone else, it’s just never letting it close in the first place 🎟️

The 4C’s of Leverage

4 ways to Create Leverage:

  1. Capital – be more resourceful
  2. Code – automation & AI, system, optimisation
  3. Content – product, SAAS, art, soc. media
  4. Collaboration – people, culture

The Chain of Command

“We hire smart people, so they can tell us what to do” – Steve Jobs

Build your own chain of command ⛓️ This helps to build a strong culture where it’s easy to communicate and information flows freely supporting employees at all levels rather than strictly govern them 🧑‍🚀

// ...
ResearchAndFeedback.getConsumer() // Product owner
POVision.getConsumer()            // UIX desiner
PORequirements.getConsumers() // [UIX Designer, Software engineer, QA Automation]
UIDesign.getConsumer()            // Software engineer
NewFeature.getConsumer()          // QA Automation
// ...                               Development/Delivery manager ...
ReleasedApp.getConsumer()         // End User

Note: The scheme is reduced to development team for simplicity of understanding. Important chains as Shareholders, Executive Leadership, Operation, Marketing, Sales are implicitly hidden under ... notation 🕵️

Inspiring Leadership quotes

”Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again” – Nelson Mandela

”Leaders develop daily, not in a day” – John Calvin Maxwell

“The best thinking has been done in solitude” – Thomas Edison

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself” – Henry Ford

”The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it” – Theodore Roosevelt

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor” – Elon Musk

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader” – John Quincy Adams

“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score” — Bill Copelland

“When you judge others, you do not define them; you define yourself” – Earl Nightingale

”It’s about growing your people, not you. You grow from the reflected glory of your people” – Jack Welch

Further reading