by Henry Cloud
- Leaders lead people, and it’s the people that are going to get the job done.
- There’s not just one way to do things, there are many, but you win, or lose in the area of people.
- If leaders behave themselves correctly, they can get the results they desire, and the cultural problems will be solved.
- A boundary is a created line where something begins and something ends. As the leader, you’re responsible for the boundaries. You create the rules and the agenda.
- Who is the DRI? – the Directly Responsible Individual.
- You must take responsibility and own it.
- Leaders define the boundaries, and successful leaders, define the boundaries in key areas.
- Do you enhance or inhibit their ability to focus?
- Clarity leads to attention and attention leads to results.
- How your people feel at work will determine how much they do at work.
- Your position as a leader carries much more psychological and influential weight than you realize. You must be careful with what you say, and what you do.
- If you can get rid of the toxic fear in your culture, people will begin to perform like professionals.
- Relationship is the key to high performance.
- You cannot help people get to another place if you do not understand what place they currently are in.
- You must understand first. Listening is the glue that makes things work.
- Set boundaries against pessimism. Don’t buy into helplessness, find a way.
- People must know two things about you as the leader: that you can overcome obstacles and that you are not immune to difficulties.
- When, choosing a team, you need people who have character. If they do not have character, they will hurt your team.
- In the busyness of life, you must not forget as a leader that it is your responsibility to lead yourself.
- Set boundaries for yourself by staying open to receiving input from the outside.
- We need outside eyes and ears to help us, and thinking we do not is only arrogance.
- Good character, welcomes feedback, while foolish character does not.