Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek
Simon O. Sinekis an author, speaker, and consultant who writes on leadership and management. He joined the RAND Corporation in 2010 as an adjunct staff member, where he advises on matters of military innovation and planning. He is known for popularizing the concepts of "the golden circle" and to "Start With Why", described by TED as "a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?"'. Sinek's first TEDx Talk on "How...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 October 1973
And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way.
The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.
Trust doesn't develop from always doing the right thing. Trust comes from taking responsibility when we do the wrong thing.
We think leadership is about rank and power, but better to think of leadership as the responsibility for other human beings. That leadership and rank may not go together. So it manifests in this remarkable way.
A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent. The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail.
We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care.
Give someone responsibility and they will do their best. Make them accountable and they will do even better.
A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.
The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.
Only you can take responsibility for your happiness..but you can't do it alone. It's the great paradox of being human.
The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.
Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more
The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.
It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.