You have probably heard the saying that “Leadership is getting things done.” or, “Leadership is getting things done through other people.”
A good leader, however, needs to realise that leadership is as much about the people as about the tasks. You can only succeed as a leader if your team succeed!
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领导者是很忙碌的一群人。
我们需要确保团队（或机构）实现目标并完成宗旨与使命。除了自己的主要责任之外，我们还需要处理额外的事务，如照顾和激励团队。
每一天都有许多事务等着我们处理：不仅是那些与我们有直接关联的事情，还包括一些与我们没直接关联的事情。有那么多事情要处理，我们往往会非常地忙碌；有些领导者甚至把 “忙碌” 当成荣誉勋章！
Leaders are a busy lot of people.
We are responsible for guiding our team (or organisation) toward its goals and ensuring its purpose and mission is accomplished. In addition to our primary objectives, we have secondary responsibilities, such as caring for and motivating our team.
Many things demand our attention daily: not only those we’re primarily responsible for but sometimes those we are not directly responsible for. With so many things to deal with, we tend to be very busy most of the time, though some leaders wear “busyness” as a badge of honour!
Continue reading “Why Every Leader Should Have a Regular Reflection Time”
领导力不仅是关于技能，也关于你的思维。
我对领导能力的学习，最初主要是透过观察现实生活中的领导者；但有时候是从小说、故事、电影、或电视剧。我所观察到的领导特质引起了我的共鸣，所以我告诉自己我期望成为像那些我所观察的有效领导者。
但问题是，我试图模仿的领导者似乎都很完美。或许他们其实并不完美，但表面上看来似乎如此。
Leadership is not just about skills, it’s also about your mindset.
I learned about leadership, at least initially, mostly by observing leaders in real life and, sometimes, from novels, movies, or television shows. The qualities I observed resonated with me, and I told myself I’d like to be an effective leader like those I have observed.
The problem, though, was that most of those leaders I sought to imitate often seemed perfect. Perhaps they were not actually perfect, but they do seem that way.
Continue reading “3 mindsets that prevent you from leading effectively”
