We’ve fundamentally misunderstood why we lead.
If profit is your purpose you’re always going to struggle for passion.
The purpose of leadership is to increase joy.
From Simon Sinek, “So many leaders, even some of the best-intentioned ones, often ask, “How do I get the most out of my people?” This is a flawed question, however. It’s not a question about how to help our people grow stronger, it’s about extracting more output from them. People are not like wet towels to be wrung out. They are not objects from which we can squeeze every last drop of performance. The answers to such a question might yield more output for a time, but it often comes at a cost of our people and to the culture in the longer term. Such an approach will never generate the feelings of love and commitment. A better question to ask is, “How do I create an environment in which my people can work to their natural best?”
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