I was on the run, but wanted to read this today, so I hit the audio play button while cleaning up the kitchen. I then happily remembered that you read these yourself. Very glad I dipped in to this issue. It gave me some ideas for my community I'll be able to implement right away. "I work for you," is such a simple statement of empowerment to others, and it conveys confidence, generosity, and trust from the person who speaks it.
Thanks for sharing, Bob. Your story reminded me of several of my leadership lessons from early bosses, for which I'm forever grateful.
I love the way your early lesson carried forward into your broader approach to leadership. I couldn't agree more with this statement: "When the leader thinks they need to touch everything, people stop thinking for themselves. But when a leader admits they aren’t the expert and views their role as empowering others, they create an environment where every employee can work wonders."
I hope many aspiring leaders read and take your advice!
Over the years, I've been amazed to learn how few companies invest meaningfully in leadership development and training. Our experience at P&G was truly unique, and I'm forever grateful for the amazing leaders I had an opportunity to learn from. Of course, I also ran into a few that demonstrated how NOT to lead. However, overall, it was a phenomenal place to learn by doing.
I was on the run, but wanted to read this today, so I hit the audio play button while cleaning up the kitchen. I then happily remembered that you read these yourself. Very glad I dipped in to this issue. It gave me some ideas for my community I'll be able to implement right away. "I work for you," is such a simple statement of empowerment to others, and it conveys confidence, generosity, and trust from the person who speaks it.
So glad you heard it! I love that Substack makes it easy to do a podcast version. I'll imagine speaking with you again next recording :)
ha ha, ok, great. I hope the imaginary noise of me doing dishes doesn’t disturb your focus.
Hearing the noise of dishes is an anti-pet peeve :)
Thanks for sharing, Bob. Your story reminded me of several of my leadership lessons from early bosses, for which I'm forever grateful.
I love the way your early lesson carried forward into your broader approach to leadership. I couldn't agree more with this statement: "When the leader thinks they need to touch everything, people stop thinking for themselves. But when a leader admits they aren’t the expert and views their role as empowering others, they create an environment where every employee can work wonders."
I hope many aspiring leaders read and take your advice!
Sue
Cheers to starting our careers in a company that believed in Leadership and invested in training!
Over the years, I've been amazed to learn how few companies invest meaningfully in leadership development and training. Our experience at P&G was truly unique, and I'm forever grateful for the amazing leaders I had an opportunity to learn from. Of course, I also ran into a few that demonstrated how NOT to lead. However, overall, it was a phenomenal place to learn by doing.
Loved reading this Bob