Australia - Westpac CEO Gail Kelly's seven lessons for life and business

Westpac CEO Gail Kelly's seven lessons for life and business





One of Australia's top women executives 7 lessons for life

1. CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE
2. DO WHAT YOU LOVE, LOVE WHAT YOU DO
3. BE BOLD, DIG DEEP
4. THE VISION THING
5. GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT
6. RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS, WRONG PEOPLE OFF
7. LIVE A WHOLE LIFE

8 Leadership Mistakes That Others Made So You Don't Have To

For every success, there is an epic failure. Those leaders who achieved greatness did so not because of their success stories, but because the lessons in failure that they learned and applied to create those success stories. In other words, leaders find “right” only after navigating through a storm cloud of “wrong.”

Before assuming the reins of your next venture, run through the following checklist of no-no’s from mistakes made by others -- so you don't have to:

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8 Leadership mistakes

6 ways being mindful can make you a better leader

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As Jon Kabat-Zinn puts it, mindfulness "wakes us up to the fact that our lives unfold only in moments." If w...

One of the best definitions of mindfulness comes from Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts, who says that mindfulness is the awareness that comes when we pay attention—on purpose—in the present moment, while suspending judgment. That's the judgment of how we perceive a person, a situation or any activity at that moment. It's about not living in our heads all the time.

the ambition gap

Book by Sheryl Sandberg About women and leadership "Lean In"

Are you afraid to lead and lean in?

7 Characteristics of Successful women leaders…..

1. Vision
2. Communication
3. Strength of Character 
4. Emotional Intelligence
5. Relationship Building
6. Visibility 
7. Principled Leadership 

Be crystal clear of your values and principles on which you act as 

a leader and use them as rudders to guide your decisions to keep you

on track.  

What are your values and principles?

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What is your definition of leadership?

Is it leadership from the front by example?

or leadership by serving others?

leadership by focusing on strengths more than weaknesses

which one resonates with you????

Not an easy thing to do

There are four positions we can take towards others in both our professional and personal relationships.

The most effective according Dr Stephen Covey is the "win-win" paradigm.  This, however, is not an easy

thing to do as we are conditioned though out our lives to compare ourselves with others and compete until 

someone wins and someone loses. What do you do to cultivate the 'win-win' position??