"People don’t want to be perceived as being weak or incompetent. Think about that for a moment. Of course if you show up to work every day talking about your failures, challenges, mistakes, struggles, and emotions, then it stands to reason that eventually your peers and leaders are going to look at you and say, 'maybe you shouldn’t be in this role.' The solution to this is what I call The Vulnerable Leader Equation..."
Jess Von Bank spoke with 5X Best-Selling Author, Jacob Morgan, on TODAY'S Digital Meetup at 1P ET, about a crucial topic that can impact building a human-centric workforce: How to lead with vulnerability and still be an effective leader.
While vulnerability may cripple some leaders, others can leverage it and use it as a superpower. Jacob believes this and interviewed over 100 CEOs of companies like GE, American Airlines, Hyatt, The Home Depot, and SAP, to prove it in his latest book: Leading with Vulnerability: Unlock Your Greatest Superpower to Transform Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization.
On our blog Jacob wrote: "It’s clear why vulnerability is so important in our personal lives because it creates connection, trust, relationships, and simply put, it’s a human thing to do. But what about inside of our organizations where we have a very different dynamic at play?"
How can you make vulnerability your superpower?
READ MORE from Jacob about Leading With Vulnerability on our blog: https://bit.ly/3ZBVACL