Thank you, Ellen Zane, for an inspirational and honest set of lessons about leadership!
#feelinginspired #feelingempowered
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Pearl 14: kill 'em with competence
You will encounter challenges and fail, but you have to demonstrate your competence in marshaling the appropriate resources to navigate the problem at hand. There is no substitute for this.
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Pearl 13: there's only a thin line between success and failure
This goes back to taking risks and making bold moves to make an impact.
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Pearl 12: keep it simple
Keeping your messaging simple helps you communicate your points clearly
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Pearl 11: truly successful people won't make it 9 to 5
We know this: a hospital or organization doesn't stop running on the weekends.
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Pearl 10: EQ vs IQ
EQ becomes more important the higher up you are in an organization. People are watching how you lead and the empathy and reactions you project.
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Pearl 9: don't empire build; it's about influence not power
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Pearl 8: you can tell people bad news
It's part of the job - your team wants to know an adult is in job.
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Pearl 7: consensus is good; paralysis is not
Leadership is not about building consensus or having a popularity contest. You have to move ideas and your team forward even if not everyone agrees.
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Pearl 6: managers are supposed to manage; leaders are supposed to lead
If you want the title and respect, act like it. You cannot avoid conflict.
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Pearl 5: surround yourself with excellence
Be comfortable and not intimidated by team members who are smarter than you are. You benefit from the hard work of colleagues and employees who bring excellence to your team.
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Pearl 4: fire in the belly
aka "passion"
You don't want to work with someone who doesn't have fire in the belly. If a candidate for your team doesn't have passion, switch the meeting from an interview to a marketing meeting for your brand.
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Pearl 3: the shortest distance between 2 points is NOT a straight line
You have to weave around personalities + obstacles thrown your way. Do not get frustrated: strategize around the moving parts.
It's never easy. It's part of the dance.
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Pearl 2: managing in shades of grey
Nothing is absolute; nothing will be in black and white, and you will have to navigate uncertainty. Decisions will always be a crapshoot.
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And this means real risk, not "career considerations" of redistributing your % clinical effort. Risk means making bold material moves.
Opportunities will come out of the blue and not be perfect, but again risk is good.
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Empowering opening to Day 2 of #BE19 with leadership lessons from CEO Ellen Zane.
First pearl: Risk is GOOD. If you don't take risks, you can be good at your job, but not great at it.
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A mentor once told me that you should always celebrate every accomplishment and milestone, no matter how big or small. Today my lab submitted our first original research manuscript, and it feels great!
Now heading to #BE19 to celebrate in style with kindred 👸👸🏻👸🏽👸🏿!
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