Category: Leadership

The Mantra of Approachable Leaders

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 12, 2015 | Leadership

I ran across this quote from Tom Robbins: “There are only two mantras, yum and yuck, mine is yum.” Approachable leaders also choose the mantra of “yum”. They see a world of possibility and abundance, not a zero-sum world of limitation and scarcity. When they look at those they lead they think “yum” not “yuck.”

Why You Shouldn’t Start With Why

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 7, 2015 | Leadership

Starting with the “why” of the organization gets everything backward. The “why” of your organization is definitely something nice to know. But even the loftiest mission statement isn’t what really gets people out of bed in the morning. Each of us is motivated by our own individual “why” and it isn’t something the leader explains to us. It’s something the leader discovers.