Develop Your Leadership Skin

Adapted from Shackleton

• Cultivate a sense of compassion and responsibility for others. You have a bigger impact on the lives of those under you than you can imagine.
• Once you make a career decision, commit to stick through the tough learning period.
• Do your part to help create an upbeat environment at work. A positive and cheerful workplace is important to productivity.
• Broaden your cultural and social horizon beyond your usual experiences. Learning to see things from different perspectives will give you greater flexibility in problem solving at work.
• In a rapidly changing world, be willing to venture in new directions to seize new opportunities and learn new skills.
• Find a way to turn setbacks and failures to your advantage. This would be a good time to step forward on your own.
• Be bold in vision and careful in planning. Dare to try something new, but be meticulous enough in your proposal to give your ideas a good chance of succeeding.
• Lean from past mistakes – yours and those made by others. Sometimes the best teachers are the bad bosses and the negative experiences.
• Never insist on reaching a goal at any cost. It must be achieved at a reasonable expense, without undue hardship for your staff.
• Don’t be drawn into public disputes with rivals. Rather, engage in respectful competition. You may need their cooperation some day.