on life and leadership
This is a guest post by Michael Mpofu. Michael is a Research and Communications Officer. A great young leader and communicator passionate about inspiring others to great leadership and significance. He blogs (less than he should) here. I’ve had the privilege of being part of something greater than me. An opportunity to play whatever leadership …
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In part one of How To Ask Great Questions for Great Learning and Great Leadership, we explored two things to that help in asking questions. Read the post here. Great questions are the basis for great learning. Consider them as tools. Tools are only as effective as how well they are maintained and used. The more …
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Questions are a great medium of learning. Great students love and understand the importance of questions. Leaders who do not have appreciation for questions, especially directed at them miss out on opportunities to communicate values and vision to their team. The mark of great students and leaders is not only being able to answer questions …
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Leaders pool resources and people to make vision happen. They need to have a bird’s-eye view of their enterprise to make sure that the big picture does not morph into something that is not meant to be. At the same time, leaders should spend time in the trenches with technical teams.
For anything to become greater, you have to not only identify its limitations. Whether it’s a team, a system or a product, it will never be any greater without it being critically looked at. ‘Critical’ has become a synonym, for mean or nasty.
