Seven Guiding Principles Of Mature Leadership
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Abstraction: Seven servant-leadership principles for mature technology executives
Key points:
- Servant leadership: share power, prioritize team members' needs, focus on enabling others to develop talents and perform at their best
- Broad horizontal career moves build versatility; diverse rotations better prepare leaders for upward progression than narrow specialization
- Customer-centricity must be the lens for every decision, investment, and behavior in an organization
- "Work flat" culture: minimize hierarchy, broaden spans of control so any employee can reach any other with ideas or concerns
- 54% of US employees would accept lower pay for a company with strong values; leaders must be visible on social and environmental issues
- Smart work beats hard work: quality outcomes over quantity of hours; work-life balance modeled by leadership reduces burnout and raises retention
Connections: Servant Leadership ยท Leadership Principles