Patrick Lencioni has done it again!! His latest book, The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities, is a masterpiece!! In fact, it is changing the way I lead in a way few books have.
In this book, Lencioni draws a distinction between two very different types of leaders, Reward-centered leaders and Responsibility-centered leaders. Here is how he describes both:
“Rewards-centered leadership: the belief that being a leader is the reward for hard work; therefore, the experience of being a leader should be pleasant and enjoyable, free to choose what they work on and avoid anything mundane, unpleasant, or uncomfortable.
Responsibility-centered leadership: the belief that being a leader is a responsibility; therefore, the experience of leading should be difficult and challenging (though certainly not without elements of personal gratification).”
I cannot recommend this book enough. Every executive leader (or those who aspire to be) should read this book and refer back to it often. Click HERE or on the image provided to get copies for you and your entire leadership team TODAY!
The following are 10 Leadership Quotes From Patrick Lencioni’s Book The Motive:
- Players who are responsibility-centered almost always exceed expectations. Players who are reward-centered almost always fail to live up to theirs.
- Reward-centered leaders are motivated by the idea that they can pick and choose what to do based on what they like doing. They’re motto might well be “It’s good to be the king.” And few “kings” want to be managers.
- Management is the act of aligning people’s actions, behaviors, and making sure that little problems don’t become big ones. Avoiding this is nothing but negligence.
- One of the keys to Alan (Mulally)’s success was something I call “joyful accountability.”
- Failing to confront people quickly about small issues is a guarantee that they will become big issues.
- Holding back and avoiding those (tough) conversations was actually an act of selfishness. I wasn’t avoiding those conversations for the sake of my employees’ feelings, but for my own!
- Meetings are the setting, the arena, the moment when the most important discussions and decisions take place.
- The second problem of accepting bad meetings at the executive level is that is sets the precedent for the rest of the organization. What is tolerated at the top of a company is often the ceiling of what can be expected deeper within it.
- Employees have to hear a message seven times before they believe executives are serious about it.
- The reason a CEO communicates to employees, at all levels, is to ensure that people are aligned with and have bought into what is going on and where they fit into the success of the enterprise.
This is just a taste of what this book has to offer. I cannot recommend you purchase it enough. Click HERE to do so TODAY!
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