New leadership books pour over the dam each day claiming to share a secret sauce. A cow rhythmically chewing and regurgitating its cud. But far less effective. It largely comes down to these eight lines from James Autry. Period.
Listen.
In every office
you hear the threads
of love and joy and fear and guilt,
the cries for celebration and reassurance,
and somehow you know that connecting those threads
is what you are supposed to do
and business takes care of itself.
~ James A. Autry
Source: 800CEORead – Bring Your Emotional Self to Work. The words above were written by James A. Autry and are included in Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership (p.32). And all of this reminds me of the John Maxwell quote: “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
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Brava!! YES!!! Period.
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I *knew* Mimi would love this one! Really heartening….
Yes, and I’m sure her dripping on the subject in her posts, inspired this one.
Yes. Very good.
That’s life – lived right.
So true!
It is.
Really excellent David. A good find … connecting those threads – yes. I may reblog this one as it gets to the heart of my mission with WeMoveTogether. Dude, you are on my Board of Directors.
– Michael
Thanks for sharing Michael. And it would be an honor to be on your Board of Directors. I’d even do it on an unpaid basis. 🙂
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From the great blog site, Lead.Learn.Live. David gets it and is in synch with WeMoveTogether. Leadership is connecting those threads around us.
Thank you Michael
Yes! It’s all about connection.
It is!
Amazing message. So true. Love it.
Thank you. I agree.