This is the very early stages of leadership training at SageRock.
In order to instill the SageRock Core Value of Concern, Respect and Empathy for the SageRock Team into the leaders of SageRock, I’m toying with the idea of creating the 10 Commandments.
These would be principles that all SageRock leaders would be required to live by. Everyone would know them. And any leader not living up to them would be called out.
Keep in mind that this is all very early thinking. And I haven’t discussed this with anyone. Very often, something that seems great in my head gets quickly modified by others into something much better. But I’m interested in starting here and seeing what happens.
So, here are some possibilities. Again, keep in mind, that you are my personal journal here. What you are reading is directly off the top of my head and a first draft.
- Being a leader at SageRock is not an opportunity, it’s a calling to help others.
- The Concern, Respect and Empathy of each individual team member is my greatest mission.
- I will be an inspirational leader. There is little worse than following a boring leader.
- I will be a visionary. My focus is on what’s possible.
- I will be the best leader my team has ever known. People don’t quit jobs, they quit leaders.
- I will make everyone feel welcome and an integral part of my team. If there is an outsider on my team, either they shouldn’t be on the team or I’m not leading them well.
- I will focus on what is right with my team members and minimize what is wrong.
- I will praise each team member in public, in private, in writing, in talk, in any way I can creatively think of.
- I am open and grateful for respectful criticism that helps my team grow as a group and as individuals.
- I am continually looking for and training the next leader of my team.