Passion is the driving force behind innovation and progress. But to be effective leaders, we need to ground ourselves in realism. Planning requires us to ask the right questions: Where are we going? What do we want to achieve? Is the idea feasible? Who would be involved, and who should only be informed?
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Things won’t always work out as expected, but we can still make the most of it. Quitting is never the solution. As aspiring leaders, we possess the ability to create meaningful change in our lives and the world around us. By acknowledging our circle of influence and making conscious choices, we can reverse climate change, advocate for gender equality, and make a lasting impact.
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With good bosses you always know what to expect. With bad bosses however… life is more of gamble. They are all bad in their own uniquely bad way. That’s why I love them, because they show you what not to do. And this guy believed in the holy trinity of: complaining, blaming and shaming.
Leadership is not only reserved for the ones at the top of the pyramid. Remember, leadership belongs to you as much as it belongs to your boss. You don’t need permission to lead by example. There is no keycard or access code required. Leadership is a gift available to those who want to make use of it.
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Are you effectively communicating expectations and limitations to your stakeholders? It can be a huge challenge to do it at the beginning of your career, when it seems like everybody knows everything better than you and nodding yes seems like the only way out of an uncomfortable situation.
I was sitting at a conference table in a glass-walled corporate office—across from the CFO and the head of HR of a large multinational bank—clicking my pen and crossing my legs nervously from left to right. I was twenty-six years old, wear- ing my best gray suit and most confident smile.
So there we were, me and my pal Monsy, living out all the monster clichés imaginable: changing industries, moving jobs, demanding promotions, complaining, and taking stuff for granted. We lived the dream, recklessly terrorizing boomers in a King Kong fashion, because that is what millennials did.
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Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, I muttered to myself looking at my twenty-three-year-old reflection in the metallic elevator door. I wore my only grownup suit that my mother helped me choose especially for this occasion. My aim was to look at least ten years older.
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Let me guess: You were happy living in your bubble at school. And when you joined the workforce, you realized there were different rules. Your managers treated you differently than what you expected.
