100 More Great Leadership Ideas

 

BE INSPIRATIONAL

 

EVERY LEADER UNDERSTANDS the need to be inspirational. This may not be as daunting as it sounds. Reminding colleagues of some shared aspect of the organisation’s goals and heritage can be inspiring. Personal connection is more inspiring than any number of set meetings or emails.

The idea

Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike, was a keen runner in the track and field team of the University of Oregon, where he studied business administration in the late 1950s. The university’s athletics coach was the now legendary Bill Bowerman. When Knight sent Bowerman some samples of running shoes that he was thinking of importing to ...