Been reading the book by Simon Sinek. Every description of what a company or culture shouldn’t be reminds me of work at Exxon. The continuous low level cortisol cause high blood pressure…
The author provided 5 leadership lessons that focused on the importance of:
(1) a strong positive organizational culture,
(2) leaders who serve and share authority,
(3)integrity – building of trust requires nothing more than telling the truth,
(4) getting to know each other in our workplaces – to humanize each other and to listen to each other, and
(5) leading the people, not the numbers. Teams led by empowering leaders do better (page 169), “… because of higher levels of team-learning, coordination, empowerment and mental model development.”