Build Your Leadership Council — Part 1
The four advisors you need to build your resilience
This article is the first part of two to help you build your dream team of mentors to guide you to your best self, wherever you are in your leadership journey. In this part, I want you to think about how you react to situations and how you relate to others.
Once you have dominion over your internal world, the external world will see your authority in your actions, not from your title. If you don’t have this part together, everyone will leave you.
Asking for help is actually a strength. When you don’t do this, your weaknesses take center stage because you’ve forced everyone else to deal with them, usually with resentment.
Being a leader in the 21st century goes beyond the bean counting of the mid-1900s to maximize shareholder value. What are you doing for the world we all live in?
Everything we do, everything we experience, is on display for the entire world to see. Workers are well aware we are no longer in a time where we can live comfortably off a white collar wage with a guarantee of a pension after serving a long stretch. Now we worry about affording healthcare for children, or getting laid off two months after a return-to-office mandate. If you want loyalty, go hire a Golden Retriever.
