Even in the face of incomplete information, trust your judgment, your experiences and your people.If you have trouble making decisions, your team will lose productivity and trust in you. Powerful, impactful and influential leaders must be comfortable making decisions.Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay says, “The price of inaction is greater than the cost of making a mistake.”.All of the important decisions about your career are made behind closed doors when you are not in the room.She didn’t know that he was the head of the promotion committee – and that interaction helped her get the promotion. After singing, she had time to talk to the head of the department. She was asked to sing for a Christmas party. Story of Carla’s Promotion to Managing Director. Do you like working on a team or alone?.Reflect a couple of times every year – especially when you have life-changing events. Each part of your personality is your competitive advantage.If you bring your authentic self, one aspect will help you connect. But she noticed, whenever this aspect of her identity was brought up with clients, she naturally built a connection and differentiated herself from the other bankers. At the start of her career, she was hesitant to identify as a singer in her business role. Story about Carla “the singer” and Carla “the investment banker.”In addition to her work on Wall Street, Carla is a singer who has recorded three CDs and sung at Carnegie Hall. Trust is at the heart of any successful relationship. Bring your authentic self to the table.Authenticity is at the heart of every powerful, impactful and influential leader.A mistake can be as valuable as a success. Even in the face of obscurity, you must still define what success looks like. People get stuck when the goal is unclear. If you want to be a powerful, impactful and influential leader, you must be clear about what success looks like.Leaders need to leverage other relationships to be successful. The more you give away, the more you create a powerful leverage. It’s not about the execution but about empowering other people. Your job as a leader is to create other leaders.You may not always have the best idea, but someone on your team has access to the information.And it’s all in the letters of the word L.E.A.D.E.R. I call them Carla’s Pearls of Leadership. I’ve learned a few things about surviving and, more importantly, thriving in the leadership seat that you aspire to sit in.
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