For the next two days I will be live blogging the Global Leadership Summit. This is a special moment as the Summit will be celebrating its 25th year of investing in leaders.
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Day 2’s first speaker was Paula Faris. Paula is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, Senior National Correspondent at ABC News and host of the popular podcast Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris, which gives an intimate look at how some of the world’s most influential people lean on faith and spirituality to guide them through the best and worst of times.
The following are 31 Leadership Quotes From Paula Faris with additional comments from Joseph Grenny:
Joseph Grenny
- Every single day your organization will determine if your organization is about power or truth.
- You can measure the health of an organization by measuring the lag time of when people see problems and when they talk about them.
- Silence is the playground of evil.
- Leaders who create healthy organizations communicate what they care most about is truth, not power.
- They create an environment where truth can speak to power.
- Talk the talk. Make your allegiance to truth prominate.
- They walk the talk. Seek out dissenting views.
- They create feedback rituals. Truth can’t speak to power if there’s not time for it.
- If you care about it, you organize for it. It doesn’t take long to change culture.
- Choose truth over power and progress is assured.
Paula Faris
- Don’t bury the lead.
- Sometimes we choose change. Sometimes we don’t. The decision is made for us.
- Tragedy and opportunity can and do coexist.
- We are experiencing things we have never experienced or never expected.
- If you have a peace, proceed.
- Normalize fear.
- Give yourself permission to branch out.
- If you have a peace, proceed (during times of transition).
- My faith is a big part of my story… I knew God was calling me out of the space where I was addicted to my job.
- I felt I was losing my soul.
- Are your values clashing with the choices you are making?
- Are you finding your significance in things that shift?
- Fear is the great paralyzer.
- You need to expect and anticipate fear. Fear is normal.
- Fear and peace in your spirit can coexist.
- You’re going to be scared during shifts. You’re going to be scared during change.
- What’s the worst and best thing that could happen if you went for it?
- My purpose wasn’t in doing but in being.
- What are you GOOD at?
- What do you LOVE?
- What do trusted people around you say you’re GOOD at and LOVE?
What an incredible way to start Day 2! Next up is Amy Edmondson. Make sure you check back regularly for live blog updates.
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