Happy Monday, and welcome to word-of-the-week day at Bouncing Back. Today’s word is:
LEADER
You can buy stacks of books on leadership. I’d like to offer one simple thought:
You don’t lead from behind.
Bosses and managers often confuse leadership with coercion and manipulation. But those are push models. They don’t work long-term.
Real leaders don’t push—they attract and inspire from the front. They provide an example that other want to follow.
By definition, if you want to lead you have to be willing to go first.
You don’t lead by hitting people over the head. That’s assault, not leadership. Dwight D. Eisenhower
This is also Word-of-Mouth Day, when I kindly encourage (or, from your perspective, pester) you to help spread the word about Bouncing Back.
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Thanks for all of your help and support. Word of mouth is the BEST word of all.
