Opportunities are everywhere, it’s finding the right ones

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All too often in life, we complain about the lack of opportunities. But there are no shortages of them.

You need to look, it sounds obvious, but all too often we are expecting people to know what we want when all our ideas stay in our heads.

If we send out the right signals, if we help others to understand our vision and if we take the time to actively look, then things will come.

People can not read our minds, they do not know what we have to offer if we don’t say.

We have to inspire others to want to be part of our vision.

Just switching the lights on, hoping that someone will find you, is not enough.

We have to broadcast, we have to inspire, yet this is not enough. We will get opportunities, more than we need.

The right one comes when you add what your values are and that you do not compromise them.

Only then will you get the right opportunity that will work and you only need one.

Management corrodes, leadership nourishes.

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The system loves management, it enables efficiency, it maximises the return from all of the assets.

Management is control, is fear, is catching out, is replacing trust with systems, is removing creativity, is imposing compliance, is organising assets, is anti-human. It is the corrosion of people.

Leadership is not about authority, it is about inspiration, about trust, empathy, inclusiveness, is about creating safe environments, is about the human, not the asset. Leadership is about everyone, not the leader, it is about putting people first. It is about collaboration, not coercion.

We do not need more management, we need true leadership. We need to break out and try creating organisations that truly inspire, that make people feel good, trusted, appreciated and worthy.

It takes a brave person to lead and a weak person to manage and control.

No one needs more being told what to do, they need more appreciation of what they do right. No one tires of good feedback, support, understanding, being made to feel worthy and trusted. Most importantly, no one ever gets tired of being praised.

It is that simple, but it requires all of us to take on the responsibility of being leaders and being the change we want to see.

Management is corrosive, we all flourish under true leadership.