Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

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Letting someone into an organization is like adopting a child." By that logic, I should have felt like an adopted child several times over by now. Furthermore, what parent has adopted 100s - 1000s of children. The Ralph Lauren Corporation's handling of the bribery scandal is an excellent example of leadership integrity. Rather than attempting to cover up the situation, the company leaders informed the authorities and offered their assistance. Although this course of action resulted in penalties, it preserved the company's integrity, and the trust of their customers and employees. I watched the introduction video of Simon's on YouTube and was really surprised when he talked about good leadership being a "literal" part of human survival. I didn't see how a leadership book was going to go there but it did.

PDF / EPUB File Name: Leaders_Eat_Last__Why_Some_Teams_Pull_Toge_-_Simon_Sinek.pdf, Leaders_Eat_Last__Why_Some_Teams_Pull_Toge_-_Simon_Sinek.epub Whether it is with employees, customers, colleagues, or rivals, it is essential for a leader to have real connections with people so that he or she stays focused and honest in understanding their needs. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE LONG TERM They naturally tend to have a deeper sense of respect, admiration, and devotion to leaders. Together, the four shape our behaviors. So selfish hormones help us accomplish things, and altruistic hormones help us relate and better collaborate with others.You get the feeling that it's almost too easy for Sinek. He brings just a little Darwin and a little neuroscience to the land of the Jesus barbarians and wows em'. At least the smart ones anyway. It's probably like taking candy from a baby.

Leadership is not about being in charge, it’s about taking care of those in your charge. Anyone can learn to be a great leader—it’s a practice and the first requirement is you have to want to be one.

Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Sinek teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people. With a bold goal to help build a world in which the vast majority of people go home everyday feeling fulfilled by their work, Sinek is leading a movement to inspire people to do the things that inspire them. In his work with organizations around the world, Simon Sinek noticed that some teams trust each other so deeply that they would literally put their lives on the line for each other. Other teams, no matter what incentives are offered, are doomed to infighting, fragmentation and failure. Why?

Empathy is a vital attribute because we the world needs it – especially these days. Every organization, business, company requires a strong leader. As “Alexander the Great” once said – I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep.”Costco: Long-Term Focus: While Welch focused on putting fear in the minds of his managers, Jeff Sinegal was concerned and giving raises to his employees when the US economy was in a crisis. He always said that during the crisis it was time to focus more on the employees and not to fire them. Costco’s actions were (and still are) stable and predictable. They show steady progress and prove that long-term focus is the way to effective (and profitable) leadership.

Every successful company that exists today has a Circle of Safety which is led by a true leader, in which everybody trusts. In the same way, feeling alone and threatened ends up becoming selfish and makes us lose our empathy. The further we are from our own, the more we are prone to dehumanize people and see them as gears of a machine. A company’s biggest strength doesn’t lie in its products/services. It always lies in its people—in their ability to cooperate closely and rally behind the organization, especially during a crisis.What’ll be the result of trust? Sinek explains that once trust is gained within a group they’ll be able to work together, as they have a common goal. Trying to navigate the stultifying, anti-intellectual culture of American christianity is a little bit like how I imagine being an intellectual in communist Russia must've been like. This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders are creating environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things.