how to become the
LEADER
your team is waiting for
AUTHORITY
JONATHAN RAYMOND
Copyright ©2016 by Jonathan Raymond. All rights reserved.
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The privilege of a lifetime
is to become who you truly are.
—C.G. Jung
CONTENTS
Preface: Jon Versus the Volcano
Chapter 3: The Employee Engagement Fallacy
Chapter 4: From Strength to Growth
Chapter 5: Sweat the Small Stuff
Chapter 7: The Art of Cultural Listening
Chapter 8: Accountability, a Love Story
Chapter 9: Micromanagement Reimagined
Chapter 10: The Perfect Conversation
Chapter 11: More Yoda, Less Superman
Chapter 12: Fixer, Fighter, or Friend?
Chapter 13: The Five Employee Archetypes
GOOD AUTHORITY IS…
1.
The presence to name the things
that most people overlook
2.
The kindness to speak up today
instead of waiting until tomorrow
3.
The patience to meet each person
where they are on the journey
4.
The generosity to challenge them
to go a little bit further
5.
The fortitude to not accept excuses
in place of responsibility
6.
The curiosity to ask questions that you
don’t know the answers to
7.
The wisdom to resist the comfortable answers
and hold out for the right ones
8.
The willingness to make an unpopular stand
if it helps one person grow
9.
The transparency to share what you feel
with each member of your team
10.
The strength to wait for others to discover
their own truth for themselves
11.
The integrity to never ask someone to live up
to a standard that you don’t yourself
12.
The vulnerability to say what you feel even if
you think it won’t change anything
13.
The audacity to assume that you can change the world
14.
And, the humility to be wrong about all of it
and start