Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek
Simon O. Sinekis an author, speaker, and consultant who writes on leadership and management. He joined the RAND Corporation in 2010 as an adjunct staff member, where he advises on matters of military innovation and planning. He is known for popularizing the concepts of "the golden circle" and to "Start With Why", described by TED as "a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?"'. Sinek's first TEDx Talk on "How...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 October 1973
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A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results.
It is only from the people I've had the good fortune to meet that I am learning the lessons to guide me. Baz Luhrmann, director of 'Moulin Rouge,' for example, has a childlike curiosity about the world. He doesn't pretend to know all the answers - quite the opposite, in fact. He asks loads of questions of everyone.
No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud.
The single best machine to measure trust is a human being. We haven't figured out a metric that works better than our own sort of, like, 'There's something fishy about you.'
Unhealthy cultures create addiction. Healthy cultures create social bonds.
Instead of showing up to let everyone know how great we are, show up to find out how great everyone else is.
Optimists focus on the place they are going. Pessimists focus on the obstacles along the route. To become an optimist simply look ahead.
A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.
Risk deters those who see what they could lose. Those focused on the gain see it as a necessary part of their journey, even if the possibility of loss exists.
Great communicators don't just hear the words. Great communicators hear the meaning behind the words
Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right
Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn't said.
We don't learn much when everything goes right. We learn the most when things go wrong.
We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.