In this post I discuss Playing To Your Strengths. This is the 5th of the eight key guidelines I put forth in my book, The Commencement: The 8 Challenging Guidelines for Advancing Your Business and Career.
- Leaders need to “deliver value with values.”
- Integrity is the most important value a leader must have to be successful.
- Without integrity, as my Italian friends from South Philadelphia used to say, “You got nothing.”
- All audiences of an organization (employees, investors, volunteers, community members, etc.) must trust in the leadership order to create “followership.”
- Leaders must earn that trust every day.
- Before making key organizational or personal decisions, it is always good to talk it over with somebody. Call one of your Board Members!
- Mistakes will happen. We are all human!
- If a mistake is made, recognize it, admit it, apologize, ask for forgiveness, learn from it, and do not repeat it—move on!