Leading Thoughts for August 29, 2024

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with:

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Deborah Gruenfeld on power:

“Success, impact, and life satisfaction are not the result of how much power you can accumulate, or even how powerful others think you are; they are the result of what you are able to do for others with the power you already have.

“People who use the power they have to manage their own powerless feelings are bound to stray from their responsibilities.”

Source: Acting with Power: Why We Are More Powerful Than We Believe

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Robert Hurley on stewardship:

“Stewardship is about service, not opportunism. The authority to solve complex problems and challenges will reside in the system of stakeholders, not in the leader. The leader’s job is to energize and facilitate, not dominate and control.”

Source: The Decision to Trust: How Leaders Create High-Trust Organizations

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