![]() Where do I have some blind spots? I'm not sure I see them.’”Īs Carla eloquently delivered a masterclass of leadership - I sensed the urgency of how people in positions of leadership need to adapt and how the ones using the playbooks of old will eventually be exposed. “If you have a really good friend or who I like to call a peer mentor, somebody who's going to give it to you straight, no chaser, and has have your best interests at heart, you can ask them. Identify yours and make it a priority to eliminate it.” I’ve found it one of the more difficult things to address because as it describes it’s hard to see. My favorite quote from Lead to Win is around cultivating self-awareness. While the best leaders admit they don’t have all the answers, they need courage to be an inclusive leader and to engage enough with their team to invite them in the solution making process.” That’s why you need courage to call a thing a thing. ![]() “We have all been in a room where we know something should have been said. One of the pearls of wisdom Carla is widely known for in her motivational keynote speeches is “calling a thing a thing,” or calling out the elephant in the room as they say in corporate jargon. Leaders who can attract and develop talent will be invaluable moving forward. She urged that there is a growing realization of hiring managers who churn people which ultimately impacts revenue targets. Do they feel like they are learning, being challenged, and valued? You have to lead more thoughtfully today because if you were a leader in the eighties or nineties your report card was revenue, profitability, market share and shareholder returns.”Īs we were discussing the need for leaders to be magnets for talent - I explained to Carla that I could could count the great managers I’ve worked for on less than one hand. “The last two and a half years has taught us is that people are thinking critically about their experiences while they work. I found myself nodding as Carla continuously dropped these pearls of wisdom, especially when she explained the expectations of the modern workforce. So the question is, how do I wanna be consumed? How do I want this person to feel when they leave my presence? What do I want them to think? And if you just take some time to be intentional about that, that will govern your behavior as you go into that interaction.” “I believe that whenever someone is standing in front of you, and especially if you have the leadership jersey on, they are consuming you. When we're struggling with all these issues we must have the courage to recreate or redefine cultures - which requires a measure of authenticity and transparency.”Īs a commitment I’ve thought deeply about, how can I know if I would enjoy managing people before actually doing the job? Two words with equal clarity were text messaged to me by my friend and leadership author and advisor, Ryan Hawk.Īnother pearl of wisdom is where Carla urges leaders to be intentional on their approach and to reflect on how they want to be perceived. “How do you create an environment where people see you as inclusive? Because now on the other side of the pandemic, we're struggling with things like with whether to work from home or the office. ![]() If I hadn’t balanced both I would have never made that decision.”The catalyst for Carla’s new book were the many solicited conversations she was having with executives who were using leadership playbooks from the 1990s in this new corporate environment. ![]() As a leader, you have to be willing to have an open ear and listen to those around you - but you also need to listen to your gut. And this is one of the elements I talk about in the book. I graduated Manga Cumme laude holding three jobs and financial aid. “My mom asked how we were going to pay for this? I said I don't know but I’m going and that’s all she wrote. Even though she didn’t receive a scholarship from Harvard, she attended and graduated while working two jobs to pave her way through school. ![]() Not only did she apply to all the schools in her area and the Ivy League universities, she got into all of them. Carla is negatively motivated - an attribute she said gets from her mother. ![]()
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