From Develop Your Leadership Skills by the master of leadership training, John Adair.
The six most important words…
I admit I made a mistake
The five most important words…
I am proud of you
The four most important words…
What is your opinion?
The three most important words…
If you please
The two most important words…
Thank you
The most important…
We
…and the least important…
I
We’ve just arrived home from the Sonata Nationals, a yacht racing event that this year was held in Poole. The Sonata is 6.9m boat that is very seaworthy and fast for its size.
We were blessed with sunshine and a good amount of wind which meant the racing amongst this very competitive fleet was close, intense and exciting. In this type of event there aren’t many tactics, the short courses and identical boats mean that most races are won by making your boat go faster through the water. A 1% drop in performance will cost you 60m over the race and probably about 5-6 places.
What struck me out on the water that a small yacht like the Sonata, normally crewed by 3 or 4 people, was a perfect medium for team building.
An interesting series of podcasts from The Banff Centre, Canada. Their Leadership Learning Lab aims to explore the connections between the arts, ecology, culture, and the practice of leadership.o T fulfill this goal they have invited various leaders in a wide variety of fields such as music, alternative culture, business and the outdoors to talk about what leadership means to them.
Inevitably some are better than others but at about 20 minutes each, they make great listening in the car or while commuting.
The downside is that they are only available through iTunesU which means that if you don’t use iTunes you might struggle to get them. This use of propriety software is frustrating and unnecessary, if you are willing to jump through hoops, you can get around it.
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