“Be More Wrong” by Colin Hunter
In Be More Wrong, Hunter shares what it means to take a traditional leadership concept and flip it on its head to be a better leader. The author highlights four leadership styles along with a habit to consider:
Host – Great leaders have great quality networks
- My inspired habit is to pay it forward and reach out each week to give something to others without expecting in return.
- My takeaway is paying it forward should be in the person’s best interest, and sharing your network demonstrates trust in both parties. Another takeaway on being a host and great leader is helping someone learn and build their network with the hope that they pay it forward.
Energizer – inspired and energized teams normally have leaders with two characteristics: 1) the ability to craft and tell a story, and 2) inner solid drive and resilience.
- My inspired habit is to do headspace each day to clear your mind. Leaders need to be appropriately selfish to remain fit to lead.
- My takeaway is if you are not mentally and physically fit as a leader, feeling energized, and able to inspire your team to drive results becomes much more complicated. You also risk missing signs of burnout, complacency, or disconnection from the group and company.
Disruptor – Leaders need to find ways to disrupt their thinking and work before others do it for them. Two significant areas to disrupt are experiment and challenge.
- My inspired habit is to create an advisory board and permit them to challenge me every chance.
- My takeaway is being your disruptor and becoming someone who challenges the status quo sets you up to be a great outcome-focused leader who can inspire others. You also have the potential to impact you significantly, your company and those around you.
Catalyst – For people and teams to take on more, you, as a leader, need to help your teams grow their skills and capabilities.
- Catalyst – For people and teams to take on more, you, as a leader, need to help your teams grow their skills and capabilities.
- My inspired habit is to have simple weekly one-on-one meetings where the other person sets the agenda and starts the conversation with a critical question like, “What’s on your mind?”
My takeaway is that I can, and must be, a catalyst for change in myself (setting an example) and others (mentor or coach). My approach will either be 10x the outcome (See Zero to One) or cause something or someone to fail – different from the direction I plan on going.
Here is another tidbit that might pique your interest in reading or listening to the book:
- How might we spark lots of great ideas, inspire disruptor thinking, and be a catalyst for change? We can use this to frame a problem, gather inspiration, synthesize for action to generate ideas, make ideas more tangible, and test and learn through experimentation.
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