Friday, May 16, 2014

Best leaders are humble leaders


The authors present a few ideas on how leaders can work on becoming more altruistic based on their research and work at Rockwell Automation:
1. Share mistakes as moments of truth and the underlying lessons it taught
2. Focus on listening and dialogue by suspending own agenda
3. Be open to showing vulnerability and admit not knowing all the answers; helps humanize leaders
4. Empower employees and let them lead you; it serves getting the other side's perspective
Read more in HBR.

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .