Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say--And What You Don't

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Complete, not continue: If every day feels like a repetition of the last, you're doing something wrong. Articulate concrete plans with a start and end date to align your team. In these blinks, you’ll learn to identify outdated formulations you’re probably still using – and to develop new ones better suited to the workplace of today. You probably don’t realize it, but the language most of us use in our twenty-first century workplace is a relic of the Industrial Age. It’s designed to maximize efficiency, reinforce hierarchy, and encourage conformity. But the world has changed a lot in the past century. These days, adaptability, teamwork, and diversity are more important to a company’s success. So why are we still using a playbook developed for a different era? The transcription from the conversations between crew members serves as an example of the failure of language. The organizational culture failed the crew members and led to their demise. “Encouraging people to speak up, or even ‘empowering’ them with statements like ‘don’t hesitate to change course’ in an environment of top-down decision-making, simply does not work” (p. 25).

The notion of quality is in fact defined by a manufacturers ability to repeat a process with as close to zero variability as possible. Connect with people instead of conforming to your role (Cherish and value differing opinions. Flatten the power gradient “We need to do this” is better than “I need you to do this.”) With these in mind, noting that the above list is only a small selection from the book, Marquet clearly strives to remove barriers of interaction between leaders and the led. He also seeks to vastly increase curiosity and strongly encourages the leader to get their teams to think, not just do and not just react. Of importance, he makes it explicitly clear that a ‘rhythmic dance’ between the leader and followers’ thinking and doing cycles must be well balanced.Leadership can be defined as the process of understanding people's motivations and leveraging them to achieve a common goal. Different definitions of leadership all agree on three essential elements: We all seem to be agreeing on x - before we make a final decision, let's flip to What would be the case for not doing x? What could be bad about it?' The redwork-bluework operating system requires individuals at all levels of an organization to be thinkers and doers. Leaders can influence the system in three ways:

ROSS, S. (2019) Why some talented leaders succeed while others derail. Human Resources (online). March. pp38-40.Overall, I found "Leadership Is a Language" to be a compelling and enlightening read. Marquet's writing style is engaging and accessible, and his personal anecdotes and case studies bring the concepts to life.

If someone else had to take over this project, what would you say tot hem to make it even more successful?

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Running meetings: Vote first then discuss. This stops the anchoring effect where attendees follow the leader. If you’re running your meeting properly and divergent thinking still isn’t happening, your responsibility as a leader is to go looking for it. Nature is nothing if not efficient, so the fact that the human brain uses an astonishing 20 to 25 percent of our daily calories speaks to the survival value of this decision-making power. While most animals possess approximately proportional brains for their size, the human brain is an outlier, three times larger than it should be. Make sure to leave room for the other people to participate in the conversation. If you're not hearing from them, give them time/space. If you want to hear more from your team you need to talk less. Theories of 'ethical leadership' started emerging after the financial crisis of 2008. They emphasise the need for core values and a sense of purpose. Ethical and people-centred leadership became even more important during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.