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Two leadership lesson's from Nelson Mandela. Last one is hard to get skilled.
I remember one story told by Simon Sinek in his lectures.
Nelson Mandel was not only a great leader in Africa but universally regarded as great leader.
He was the son of the tribe chief leader. And once he asked that how did he become a great leader.
He mentioned that whenever his father used to go for tribe meetings he used to go with him.
And learned two things...
One that all member's used to sit in a circular format.
And his father was the last person to spoke in the meetings.
You need to master listening skill.
Credit goes to Simon Sinek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCPvp9RKWrQ
Update:
This perspective The ladders mentioned on their site from Nelson Mandela's autobiography,
Richard Stengel, the journalist who worked with Mandela on his autobiography, “Long Walk to Freedom,” said that Mandela would practice this lesson in his own meetings later as a leader: “The chief’s job, Mandela said, was not to tell people what to do but to form a consensus. ‘Don’t enter the debate too early,’ he used to say.” In meetings where Stengel witnessed Mandela’s management style in action, Stengel said Mandela would hear his colleagues’ opinions and end meetings by summarizing their points and offering his own, “subtly steering the decision in the direction he wanted without imposing it.”
“It is wise,” Mandela said according to Stengel, “to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.”
Post by The Ladders is worth reading, I insist you to visit and read it.
Ref.:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCPvp9RKWrQ
- https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/simon-sinek-explains-why-bosses-need-to-be-the-last-to-speak-in-a-meeting
