How do leaders balance getting things done and making our people feel good?

A client sent me this request for a Truth & Transcendence episode ...

"Maya Angelou said something I think is very very powerful ...

'I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel '

In this context how do we as leaders balance our need to get things done, and making people feel good. Particularly at a time when the bar keeps raising in terms of feeling good?"

A few highlights from today's Truth & Transcendence episode ...

~ Challenging the assumption that getting things done and people feeling good are necessarily in conflict.

~ Dispelling the notion that leaders can 'make' people feel good.

~ Looking for the 'And' dynamic - where greater productivity and contribution equals greater satisfaction, fulfilment and happiness.

~ Challenging tolerance of expedience, mediocrity, and throwing effort at the problem.

~ The search for the sweet spot in the Venn diagram - where we get what we want and our people get what they want.

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