Rule #1 – Lead Through Relationship

What we discuss in this episode:

• Why I’m passionate about disruption.
• The three significant pressures impacting leaders today.
• Perpetual change requires a new set of rules for leadership.
• What does it mean to be a leader versus the best leaders for whom we’ve ever worked?
• Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to create change and people inspired to follow them.
• Leadership requires practicing followership, defining the type of relationship you want with followers.
• To be relationship-focused, leaders need to move on from traditional command-and-control models of leadership. 
• Author Gary Bolles gives an example of the new type of relationship needed, that of a leader or manager becoming a guide.
• Relationships mean that we aim for excellence instead of perfection because no relationship is ever perfect. 

Additional resources:

My Website: https://charleneli.wpengine.com/

More from Gary Bolles: https://www.gbolles.com/