The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Tag: Abraham Lincoln
And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in your years
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Image source: Wikimedia
Abraham Lincoln gets a lot of credit for being a great leader.
Here’s what he did, why it works and how it can make you a better leader.
1. Get out of the office and circulate among the troops:
Lincoln knew people were his best source of information. And accessibility built trust.
Guess what? Modern business theory backs him up. These days the management gurus call it “Managing by Wandering Around.”
2. Persuade rather than coerce:
Does the modern research agree? Yes.
The #1 thing Harvard Business School teaches it’s MBA students about negotiation is “They need to like you”.
3. Lead by being led:
Looking at the research, the type of leadership that works in the toughest situations is Lincoln’s method: being democratic and listening.
4. Encourage innovation:
Reward people for trying new things and don’t punish them for failure.
5. Influence people by storytelling:
Facts and statistics are great but when people hear presentations what do they remember? The stories.
There’s a lot to learn from Lincoln!
For more: Lessons From Lincoln: 5 Leadership Tips History And Science Agree On
Image source: Wikipedia
That some achieve great success is proof that others can achieve it as well – Abraham Lincoln
If you got to ask you ain’t got it – Fats Waller
Image – Courtesy of Ed Gelbstein