Article: Make The Elephant Jump -- Leading With A Kind Heart

Make The Elephant Jump -- Leading With A Kind Heart

Summary: A leader who wants to consistently motivate people to meet tough challenges and achieve extraordinary results must have a kind heart.



Leadership is not about getting people to do what they want. If they did what they want, you wouldn't be needed as a leader. Instead, leadership is about getting people to do what they don't want to do (or don't think they can do) ? and be ardently committed to doing it.



This paradox lies at the heart of all great leadership.



Unlike management, which involves simply the care and feeding of your organizational elephant, great leadership gets that elephant to jump.



Anyone who knows anything about elephants knows that they may run, they may stand on their hind legs, they may kneel on th...
 

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Make The Elephant Jump -- Leading With A Kind Heart

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