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@kevin
#399: Adam Grant — The Man Who Does Everything
Create a User Manual of Yourself for Others
AI Key Takeaways
- He learned that he had blind spots when it came to working with new people, and that he needed to be aware of these weaknesses in order to be more effective.
- He also learned that he needed to ask his team for help in creating a user manual for him, in order to ensure that he was always aware of his strengths and weaknesses.
@teodor
Jocko Willink: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others
Learning to detach and see the bigger picture
AI Key Takeaways
- People in a negative state often struggle to see anything beyond their own darkness
- Helping others detach and gain perspective is challenging but important
- Problems that seem massive and insurmountable in one's own world may be insignificant in the larger context
- Stepping outside of one's own ecosystem can provide a new perspective and opportunities for happiness
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@eddie
#158 Aaron Dignan: Change The Way You Work
What Makes for a Good Retrospective?
AI Key Takeaways
- Retrospectives are an important way to learn and improve communication skills.
- Good retrospectives have a before, during, and after aspect.
- The conversation is important, and burstiness is key.
- Agreements should be made about what to do with the insights from the retrospective.
@mikel
Why Kim Scott thinks you need to ask for feedback
How to Ask for Feedback
AI Key Takeaways
- Soliciting feedback is important, no matter what role you play.
- To be successful at soliciting feedback, you need to think about the words you will use, embrace the discomfort, make sure you're listening with the intent to understand, and reward cand.
@hiro
825: Ozan Varol | How to Awaken Your Genius
Choosing Curiosity Over Victory in Conversations
AI Key Takeaways
- Going into an engagement with the goal of converting the other person to your side means you've already lost the battle
- Victory or procuriosity mindset often backfires, solidifying your beliefs instead of convincing others
- Curiosity over victory means leaning into the conversation with a scientist mindset
- Adopting a curious mindset leads to less confrontational interactions
@noushin
#291 — Where is Happiness?
Fluid vs Crystallized Intelligence?
AI Key Takeaways
- Fluid and crystallized intelligence are two different types of intelligence, and the difference between them is that fluid intelligence gets better through your twenties and thirties, while crystallized intelligence stays high in your seventies and eighties.
- The best way to use your fluid intelligence is to do things that reload on it, like being a poet or historian, while using your crystallized intelligence to learn new things and teach them.
@arturo
Leading with empathy | Keith Yandell (DoorDash, Uber)
How to manage high potentials
AI Key Takeaways
- Managers should be aware of the importance of creating a good reputation for their group, and should be prepared to offer opportunities for employees to leave if they feel that it is the right decision for them.
- Managers can operationalize this by creating a document outlining how they run their inones and how they work with Keith, and by sharing this document with employees who may be interested in leaving.
@camden
#299 Steve Jobs (Make Something Wonderful)
Steve Jobs explain Management by Values
AI Key Takeaways
- Finding great people is the most important lesson in business due to the large variance in quality
- Great people are often missionaries, not mercenaries
- Individual contributors can be phenomenal even when management and culture is poor
- Passion for the company can be a motivating factor for employees
@oleksii_
#164 Ravi Gupta: The Realities of Success
Traits of Good Decision Makers
AI Key Takeaways
- Good decision makers often use writing to expose weaknesses in their process
- They test their thinking for themselves and are honest about its strengths and weaknesses
- They are discerning in whose advice they seek and take
@palko
#362 – Ginni Rometty: IBM CEO on Leadership, Power, and Adversity
The Essence of Good Power
AI Key Takeaways
- Good power is about doing something hard or meaningful, but in a positive way.
- The essence of good power is to embrace and navigate tension.
- To be in service of something is different than serving.
@batkerson
3 Crucial Methods to Increase Work Productivity & How to Unlock Individual Success Through Collaboration
The Importance of Sharing Vulnerability
AI Key Takeaways
- Reputational risk status is a common struggle for individuals within organizations
- Creating high trust teams is a valuable leadership skill
- Sharing vulnerability is important for building strong teams and leaders
- Even highly trained individuals like Navy Seals can embrace fallibility and display vulnerability in leadership roles
@nurijanian
#60 Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line
The Five Levels of Motivation
AI Key Takeaways
- Fear, guilt, shame, anger, and rage can serve as motivators, but they can also leave a toxic residue.
- Motivating through extrinsic rewards, such as money and fame, can also have negative consequences and create a win-lose mentality.
- Intrinsic rewards, like living with a sense of purpose and calling, can be motivating without leaving a toxic residue.
- Play is a powerful motivator for all mammals, along with food and learning.
@HarleyR
#262 Herbie Cohen (World's Greatest Negotiator)
Do You Have Power?
AI Key Takeaways
- Herby's experience as a crossing guard at nine years old taught him a lifelong principle that power is based on perceptions and most people will obey any type of authority.
- Herby's lesson to his son is to pretend to be in control even if one may not have actual authority.
@shantal
Cultivating good power with longtime IBM CEO Ginni Rometty
Importance of Values-Based Decision Making in Leadership
AI Key Takeaways
- Make decisions based on values and treat people that way
- Working in a company that is steeped in values is crucial
- Leadership by values creates followership
- Companies with shallow values sway with the wind
@oleksii_
#665: Danny Meyer, Founder of Shake Shack — How to Win, The Art of The Graceful “No,” Overcoming Setbacks, The 6 Traits of Exceptional People, The 4 Quadrants of Performance, Lessons from Hospitality Excellence, and More
How to Find an Employee - Jigsaw Puzzle
AI Key Takeaways
- Because of the jigsaw puzzle analogy, it is important to have conversations with employees that are "almost right", but they are not really the right fit.
- If an employee leaves on their own terms, it is usually a good thing.
@mattrise
Becoming a Leader Who Has "It" | Lead Like It Matters, Part 2
The Leaders You Empower
AI Key Takeaways
- Empowering others is crucial to realizing one's potential as a leader as everyone has limitations in terms of ideas, expertise, and time.
- A leader's potential is not solely determined by their own performance but by the leaders they empower.
- The best leaders focus on empowering other leaders rather than just finding the right strategy.
- Empowerment is not just about delegating tasks but also about delegating responsibilities.
@blakesperling
#338 – Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness
Qualities of a Good Leader According to a Venture Capitalist
AI Key Takeaways
- Asking to see a resume is not essential when meeting a potential CEO for the first time
- It's important to take the time to let a potential CEO reveal themselves to build a sense of who they are
- Understanding who a person is forms a starting point to understand why their business idea makes sense
@wendell
Brené Brown and Simon Sinek on the leadership skills we need to build
Leadership is a teachable skill
AI Key Takeaways
- Leadership skills are teachable and can be measured and observed.
- Building trust is important when trying new ways of showing up as a leader.
- High performers benefit more from leadership development than lower performers.
- Leadership development may be more beneficial for those in important positions of leadership.
@shantal
Finding–and becoming–great mentors and sponsors with Carla Harris
Challenging Bias by Asking Questions
AI Key Takeaways
- Helping people focus on their values is an important aspect of identity coaching
- It's easier for some to call out bias than others due to perceptions of nepotism or self-interest
- Challenging biased opinions through questioning and discussing facts is an effective way to combat it
- Checking whether decisions are based on fact or feeling is crucial in combating bias and making fair people decisions
@richardm
S12E01: Making time for strategy, and why it will change your world
Strategic Time Is the Most Important KPI for Any Leader
AI Key Takeaways
- Strategic time is the key to achieving more without being overloaded
- Investing time in future success compounds over the years
- Doing one thing this week that helps us out next month can lead to better positions and extra time
- Trajectories separate over the course of weeks, months, quarters, years and careers
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