TRENDICATORS SPECIAL REPORT
The Essential Guide to Leadership
Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life.
Harvard Business
Eight Unique Perspectives on Becoming a Stronger Leader
Traditional thinking pits work and the rest of our lives against each other. But taking smart steps to integrate work, home, community, and self will make you a more productive leader and a more fulfilled person.
We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: If you’ve got ambition, drive, and smarts, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession—regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren’t managing their knowledge workers’ careers. Rather, we must each be our own chief executive officer.
Simply put, it’s up to you to carve out your place in the work world and know when to change course. And it’s up to you to keep yourself engaged and productive during a work life that may span some 50 years.
Key Takeaways
About This Report
Life’s a zero-sum game, right? The more you strive to win in one dimension (e.g., your work), the more the other three dimensions (your self, your home, and your community) must lose. Not according to Friedman. You don’t have to make trade-offs among life’s domains. Nor should you: trading off can leave you feeling exhausted, unfulfilled, or isolated. And it hurts the people you care about most
About the Publisher
In this classic article, originally published in 1968, Herzberg focuses on the importance of tweaking job roles to capitalize on individual employees’ strengths. To boost motivation, consider giving people responsibility for a complete process or unit of work. Enable people to take on new, more difficult tasks they haven’t handled before. And assign individuals specialized tasks that allow them to become experts.
Publish Date
August 2021