008. Three Guiding Leadership Principles, with Mike Kosikas.
Many of us have created our own set of principles we use to guide how we lead. In this Jam Session episode, I talk with Mike Kosikas, Director of Talent Development and Operational Excellence for a medical device company, as he shares his own three guiding leadership principles: 1) Quality of Life, 2) Compensation, and 3) Development
Key Takeaways:
- Your employees don’t care about how much you know until they first know how much you care
- As a leader, you can directly impact quality of life – for better or worse
- Frequent check-ins with your team can positively impact their quality of life
- Compensation is closely tied to either building trust or losing trust
- When discussing compensation never get baited into comparisons
- The toughest part about developing your people is trying to find where opportunity meets desire
- Developing your people involves a huge investment in time, level setting, and providing the path forward with the right resources
- There is more value in being viewed as a collaborator instead of a transactional leader
- Developing your employees involves knocking down barriers so that they can run faster
Leadership Resources:
- On Leadership, by John Wooden
- It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, 10th Anniversary Edition, by Michael Abrashoff
- Principles: Life and Work, by Ray Dalio
About the host, Rob Fonte
Rob Fonte is the founder and President of Sarto Leadership Group, whose reputation has been built on being a transformational leader and inspirational coach with a passion for developing others. His twenty-year career spans across multiple disciplines including leading award-winning sales teams. Rob is an academically trained Executive Coach certified by The University of Texas and the International Coach Federation.