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Making people around you better
You’re number one responsibility as a leader is to make people around you better.
Much of your time at work should be dedicated to dialogue with people who will benefit and grow from your leadership.
There are companies where this is the case. One of the largest beer brewers in the world swears by the principle that leaders need to help their people develop.
At the same moment, they also are incredibly performance-driven.
Stretch and care go hand in hand in their mind. It’s not one or the other.
You can show care for your people and focus on their growth while stretching them for higher performance.
Michael Jordan is known for being more focused on improving the team than glorifying his talent and success.
It’s perhaps not how you have experienced his greatness, but that’s what his long-time Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson has shared.
He was not playing the game, ensuring he always got the ball. He wanted to make sure the team got better as a whole.
And if that meant they had to bring somebody on the team who was different, case in point ‘weirdo’ Dennis Rodman, they would do so.
