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Leadership (Grit (Angela Duckworth) (IQ not the only difference between…

- - - - Grit usually unrelated or inversely related to measures of talent
  - - - More likely to persevere when they fail because don't believe that failure is a permanent condition
  - - - Westpoint: Which cadets stay in military training & which drop out
      - National spelling bee: Which children would advance farthest in competition
      - Studied rookie teachers in really tough neighbourhoods: which of them will still be teaching by end of school year, of those who will be the most effective at improving learning outcomes for their students
      - Partnered private companies: Which salesmen would keep their jobs, who's gonna earn the most money
      - One characteristic emerged as significant predictor of success in all these different contexts
        
        NOT
        
        IQ
        
        Social intelligence
        
        Good looks
        
        Physical health
      - Also in school that grit matters
        
        1000's of high school juniors to take grit questionnaires, wait around for a year to see who graduated
        
        Grittier kids were significantly more likely to graduate
        
        Matched on every characteristic she could measure
        
        Parent's income
        
        Standardised test scores
        
        How safe they felt at school
  - - - Working very hard to making future a reality
        
        Living life like a marathon not a sprint
  - - - Test them, measure whether we've been successful or not
      - Willing to fail, to be wrong
        
        Start again with lessons learned
        
        Gritty about getting our kids grittier
  - - - Effort must be deliberate practice, differentiates experts from the ordinary
        
        Extremely intentional, problem solving, extremely precise, not say I want to become a better CEO, a very specific goal
        
        100% focus
        
        Feedback
        
        Right away, info rich
        
        Refinement that you reflect on and try over again
- - - - Why do that for organisation?
    - - Can't get fired for performance issues
        
        Get coached, supported
  - - - Allow people to be sacrificed, worst for own interest
  - - - 30% of orders overnight
    - - Need to cut $10M
    - - Every employee from sec to CEO take 4 weeks unpaid vacation
        
        Anytime
        
        Not consecutively
      - How it was announced
        
        All suffer together than one suffering a lot
        
        Morale went up
        
        Saved $20M
      - Ppl feel safe and protected by leadership, natural reaction to trust, cooperate
        
        Spontaneously ppl started to trade
  - - - No food left for him
    - - Take risk before anyone else does
      - Choose to sacrifice for people so they feel safe and protected, so people may gain
      - Natural response ppl sacrifice for us
        
        Blood, sweat, tears to see their leader's vision come to life
        
        Why?
        
        All say the same thing - because they would have done the same for me
        
        Isn't that the org you'll all like to work in?
- - - - Love conquers
        
        V.s. Leaders who horde wealth
        
        Not build but tear down, cause suffering
- - - - Motivated, clear on accomplish, come up with ideas
- - - - See canopy
      - Land & experience ground
    - - Complex
        
        Break things down
        
        No more one-size fits all