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Learning about Leadership is like Shopping
You only pick up what you need — or — what is packaged right!
Being a student of leadership is an interesting thing. There are innumerable resources and descriptions that provide information for leaders. For this reason, I often equate learning about leadership to a trip to the supermarket.
I was with a friend pushing our shopping trolleys through the supermarket, when we got to the end of the aisle, I examined what they had in their trolley. To my surprise, even though we walked down the same aisle, they had vastly different things in their trolley.
They had picked up almost a full trolley down that aisle, and I only had a few things. The reason for this difference is simple, they needed that stuff more than me.
The thing is, this is the same for learning about leadership. I’ve found that when I’ve had leadership learning opportunities, I’ve picked up what resonated with me at that point in time. At a later date, when I’ve revisited the information, I pick up something different. Something else resonated with me. The same happens for other people exposed to the same information. Everyone picks up what they need…
And this is really cool.
