I listened to an episode of Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead podcast this week, and it featured an interview with Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley about their book The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI. While most of the things they talked about weren’t exactly new to me, there were a couple of things that stood out.
I always found it frustrating when people would say “morale is hard”. It is and isn’t. It is a lot of work because you have to actually help people, talk to them, care about them, and get to know them. But it isn’t hard. It’s isn’t this impossible puzzle to figure out, too subtle and complex to find a solution to. It’s really straightforward.
Your father didn’t climb the corporate ladder, but he’s the kind of person we need in leadership positions because he’s the kind of person who makes the workplace a pleasant place to be.
I always found it frustrating when people would say “morale is hard”. It is and isn’t. It is a lot of work because you have to actually help people, talk to them, care about them, and get to know them. But it isn’t hard. It’s isn’t this impossible puzzle to figure out, too subtle and complex to find a solution to. It’s really straightforward.
Your father didn’t climb the corporate ladder, but he’s the kind of person we need in leadership positions because he’s the kind of person who makes the workplace a pleasant place to be.