It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don't try to give them half the story. You don't try to hide the story. You treat them as - as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate.
Interpretation
Effective communication and honesty are essential in leadership.
In this quote, Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. emphasizes the importance of open and truthful communication within an organization. He argues that leaders must treat their team members as equals, sharing all relevant information, rather than withholding it, to foster trust and collaboration.
In practice
During a team meeting to emphasize the importance of transparency in our project updates.
Reorganization to me is shuffling boxes, moving boxes around. Transformation means that you're really fundamentally changing the way the organization thinks, the way it responds, the way it leads. It's a lot more than just playing with boxes.
A good jockey doesn't need orders and a bad jockey couldn't carry them out anyway; so it's best not to give them any.
The ageless melody, unheard, heals; the healing vision, unseen, leads; the true leaders, immortal, know...
On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field.
If you facilitate your subordinates' steady progress in meaningful work, make that progress salient to them, and treat them well, they will experience the emotions, motivations, and perceptions necessary for great performance.
Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.
The cost of leadership is self-interest.
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