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Posted by Jessica Arrazola ·

How humble leadership really works

When you’re a leader — no matter how long you’ve been in your role or how hard the journey was to get there — you are merely overhead unless you’re bringing out the best in your employees. Unfortunately, many leaders lose sight of this.   https://hbr.org/2018/04/how-humble-leadership-really-works
Mia Israel, Program Analyst at CSTE 🙌

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Nadia Bekka, Epidemiologist at Texas Health Department Nadia Bekka, Epidemiologist
Hi Jessica!  

Thanks so much for sharing - so powerful!    

I wish this philosophy gets embraced and becomes the standard and a requirement for occupying a leadership position.  

In my opinion, it's not sufficient to be merely a subject matter expert in a specific field. A big chunk of leadership is about the employees and people.   

I believe that employees have the responsibility of doing their job the best that they can and learn to adapt to their work environment.  
Employees are also responsible for their own professional growth.... 

I also believe that the best leader/manager is the one who helps 
provide and help facilitate the best environment for employees to help them thrive professionally and even personally. 

Personally: sometimes a leader can inspire employees by "leading" by example -  acting with integrity, consistency, fairness, equanimity, effective and inclusive communication, and so forth.   

Thanks! 
Regards, 
Nadia 
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Yao Akpalu Yao Akpalu
Rightly put! Indeed the role of a leader is not to dominate in all domains, but rather harness the potentials in those he leads. That's why it is said that "A good leader is not the one who knows everything, but the one who surrounds himself with people who know".
And I believe we all a bit of that vertue of humility.
Yao Akpalu.
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Gwendolyn Gallagher, Community Health Epidemiologist Gwendolyn Gallagher, Community Health Epidemiologist
What a wonderful article, thanks for sharing, Jessica. I'm a firm believer in demonstrating leadership by allowing those you're trying to lead teach the leader something new. A case in point, I've allowed my two CSTE mentees to teach ME something new (for example, a statistical methodology that which I'm unfamiliar). As a leader who is willing to learn, I hope this approach empowers my mentees.
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