When threats are present, teams expect leaders to alleviate and lighten all issue and damages even at the expense of their personal well-being.
Understanding this deep-seated expectation is the key difference between someone who is just an “authority” versus a true “leader.”
Simon Sinek, an unshakable optimist and the author of the bestselling book Start with Why, challenged traditional assumptions about how great leaders and great companies inspire people. He has shared his ideas with companies big and small, members of Congress and the highest levels of the U.S. military.
In his travels around the world since the publication of his bestseller Start with Why, Simon Sinek noticed that some teams were able to trust each other so deeply that they would literally put their lives on the line for each other. Other teams, no matter what incentives were offered, were doomed to infighting, fragmentation and failure. Why?
The answer became clear during a conversation with a Marine Corps general.
“Officers eat last,” he said.
In the video below, Simon Sinek explains the hidden dynamics that inspire leadership and trust.
Thanks to 99U for this inspiring video . Simon Sinek is telling more about this in his new book ”Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t“. (to be released on Jan 7, 2014).
