Wisdom from Guilty Pleasures
Starbucks is not the only place I get wisdom...
One of my guilty pleasures (Starbucks is too, I guess) is reading the Philadelphia Business Journal. I lurv it. Each week there are all of these great — great in their simplicity — Q&As with Philly CEOs and head honchos. They share their insight, with, I suppose, the purpose of being inspiring to other biz leaders and humanizing these leaders, through questions like: What award/honor are you most proud of? Favorite movie? Best and toughest decision you ever made? What is your yardstick of success? First job? Person most interested in meeting? And my favorite — which makes these surveys just so...just so...Philadelphia? What kind of car do you drive?
Anyway, the following wasn't from one of these CEO Profile surveys but was from another such thing. Here are Raj L. Gupta's (he's CEO of Rohm and Haas) "10 'core beliefs' for leadership:"
The value of the organization and the individual must be totally synchronized
Business is all about people, and people respond best to leaders who lead from both the heart and the mind
Don't take yourself too seriously
Learn from both good and bad experiences
Look for opportunities to get out of your comfort zone
Sometimes lead from the front, sometimes push from the back
Be totally transparent — say what you do and do what you say
Communicate, communicate, communicate — in both good times and bad, especially bad
Be realistically optimistic
Speak up when you have something to say
One of my guilty pleasures (Starbucks is too, I guess) is reading the Philadelphia Business Journal. I lurv it. Each week there are all of these great — great in their simplicity — Q&As with Philly CEOs and head honchos. They share their insight, with, I suppose, the purpose of being inspiring to other biz leaders and humanizing these leaders, through questions like: What award/honor are you most proud of? Favorite movie? Best and toughest decision you ever made? What is your yardstick of success? First job? Person most interested in meeting? And my favorite — which makes these surveys just so...just so...Philadelphia? What kind of car do you drive?
Anyway, the following wasn't from one of these CEO Profile surveys but was from another such thing. Here are Raj L. Gupta's (he's CEO of Rohm and Haas) "10 'core beliefs' for leadership:"
The value of the organization and the individual must be totally synchronized
Business is all about people, and people respond best to leaders who lead from both the heart and the mind
Don't take yourself too seriously
Learn from both good and bad experiences
Look for opportunities to get out of your comfort zone
Sometimes lead from the front, sometimes push from the back
Be totally transparent — say what you do and do what you say
Communicate, communicate, communicate — in both good times and bad, especially bad
Be realistically optimistic
Speak up when you have something to say
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