Keith Ferrazzi says leaders need generosity, authenticity, and vulnerability to build loyalty. He recommends a daily check-in where you ask yourself and others about energy levels, struggles, and what excites them. These small moments strengthen relationships and keep you connected to your team.
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What's an exercise or practice that aspiring leaders or established leaders could implement daily to strengthen these muscles?
My achievement of the wonderful things that I've been blessed to achieve have all because of doors that have been opened for me by other people. And those doors were open for me because I learned the basics of relationship management, which is you lead with inherent generosity, being of service to the world. And by virtue of leading with generosity, you follow that up with real authenticity, vulnerability, and care, and that solidifies loyalty. So those foundations of leading with generosity, quickly following with authenticity, vulnerability, that solidifies the relationship. They can be practiced in every time you get together. Simple practices like the personal professional check-in. Like you and I, every time we get together, unbeknownst to either of us, we naturally fall into a practice check of where's your energy, what are you struggling with, what are you excited about in your life. And those are the simple practices.
