Scott Cochrane – A Leader's Journey

When your leadership battery is fully charged, everyone around you wins.
The leader sets the emotional and cultural tone for the team. And so when the leader’s personal energy is running strong the entire culture benefits.
Teams are more cohesive

The health of your inner-world directly affects your ability to lead effectively.
Leaders are often uncomfortable in dealing with their inner world; matters of the heart. But the health of your inner world has a direct and profound bearing on your effectiveness as a leader....

As a leader, your role in building a healthy culture is never more crucial than when entering heated waters.
Let’s face it; when there are no contentious issues on the table, it’s relatively easy to forge an atmosphere of collegiality and even warmth....

Every leader leads two teams; there’s the team you inherited, and there’s the team you built.
This key truth has been one of the most important lessons I’ve ever learned with respect to team leadership.
The team you inherited were already in place before you showed up. They had been assembled by your predecessor, and you simply came along to assume a leadership function....