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I was listening to a podcast this morning where the speaker defined leadership as ‘taking initiative for the good of others‘. But that doesn’t feel normal. It doesn’t align with the fend for yourself mentality shared my many in my sphere of influence. It doesn’t jive with most of what I’ve experienced in Corporate America over the course of my career. It doesn’t help explain the outcome of one of my positions where I performed above expectations, and yet was still unceremoniously shown the exit door after the close of an acquisition.
Do you see what happened within the short period of my intro? The context of the conversation quickly changed from others with the definition of leadership, to me as an individual. And therein lies much of the problem.
While everything I mentioned above is factual … it is indeed how I feel at times … I have to be intentional to not let it allow me to slip into a mentality of being the victim. I know better, sometimes I just need a reminder. We all do.
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