TOO MUCH "I" TROUBLE

The renowned business consultant Peter Drucker said, "The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I.' They think 'We.' They think 'Team.' They understand their job is to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but 'We' gets the credit…This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done."

A Leader Should :

1) Provide vision for the future.
2) Provide inspiration.
3) Make other people feel important and appreciated.
4) Live your values. Behave ethically.
5) Set the pace through your expectations and example.
6) Establish an environment of continuous improvement.
7) Provide opportunities for people to grow, both personally and professionally.
8) Care and act with compassion.

In Strict Confidence, Please! Do not tell Anybody….

"Don't tell to anybody else. I am telling you in strict confidence." someone close to you confides in you. You then confide to someone else close to you. The chain is complete when the same statement is repeated at each link till it reaches the originator back. Great going!!

No need to feel guilty to be a party to the proliferation of the rumours! They are the symptoms of the group or the family or the organization of which you are a part being unstable and in a state of flux characterized by some sudden changes. Such rumours are not bad as the symptoms put you on alert for remedial action in time. Use them as tools in your hands to correct the distortions that had set in – whatever the Institution!

Just keep in mind that the gossip is directly proportional to the product of importance and ambiguity of the topic and inversely proportional to the critical sense of the Recipient.