I’m reading Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek. I love the focus on leaders putting their teams first.
The following real-life examples really stood out to me.
- Next Jump offers lifetime employment. Their engineering staff turnover rate was reduced to 1% due to this! They invest in people for the long term instead of treating them as expendable.
- Barry-Wehmiller had every employee take a four week furlough instead of doing layoffs during a downturn. Some more secure employees even took longer furloughs to help their less financially secure colleagues. That’s what it looks like to actually protect your people.
Trust really is built through decisions, not lip service.
I’m on chapter 12, but it’s already making me think differently about what it means to lead. When people feel safe and supported, they do their best work.
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