Careful to ignore feedback that is invalid, unrealistic, or will undermine your non-negotiable priorities. If anyone in any position, in any situation, commands you with arrogance, disrespect, or inconsideration, remember Eleanor Roosevelt’s advice: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Tags: Feedback Humility vs. Strength
A False Dichotomy We gain increasing
authority at work because of our technical skills, work experience, and professional connections. But a common misconception is that technical skills qualify us to lead others. Even the most developed technical skills do not qualify us to lead. This misconception prevents us from thinking that there is a causal relationship between our technical skills and our ability to lead.
In fact, humility – along with the other skills
Involved in emotional intelligence – allows a highly qualified and experienced technical person to successfully lead others. Definition of Strength The conversation about humility and leadership lingered in my mind as I watched Rabbi ig database Sharon Bruce’s TED Talk, in which she described how to create a hopeful counternarrative to the harsh reality of violence, extremism, and pessimism around us. One of the strategies she proposed for creating this counternarrative is to cultivate a sense of strength. I found Bruce’s definition of strength both surprising and inspiring.
It also mentioned humility
Which aligned with my own the impact of your actions own views on the importance rich data of humility for leaders. Bruce explains: There is a rabbinic tradition that says we carry a slip of paper in each of our pockets. In one pocket, the slip reads, “I am but dust and ashes.” In other words, it’s not all about me; I can’t control everything, and I can’t do this alone.
In another pocket, the slip reads
The world was made for me.” In other words, I can’t do everything, but I can certainly do something. I can forgive. I can love. I can show up. I can protest. I can participate in this conversation. We prostrate ourselves and remind ourselves that we are but dust, and then we raise our arms and say that we are. Powerful. Humility is power If we carry these thoughts like slips of paper in our pockets, then we can become more effective leaders.