Book Titles

Leaders Eat Last
Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t

By Simon Sinek

Year Published: 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-59184-801-1
Categories: Employees, Leadership, Management

264 Quotes Found

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Leaders Eat Last:

…it feels good to put in a lot of effort to accomplish something. There is no biological incentive to do nothing.

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Leaders Eat Last:

…if we are able to physically see what we are setting out to accomplish or clearly imagine it, then we are indeed… more likely to accomplish that goal.

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Leaders Eat Last:

A good vision statement… explains, in specific terms, what the world would look like if everything we did was wildly successful.

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Leaders Eat Last:

When the system works as designed, we stay well fed, get our work done and make progress. What’s more, we are better able to support and provide for those in our family and tribe.

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Leaders Eat Last:

…though there is not rational benefit to most of our hobbies, we enjoy them because they satisfy our prehistoric foraging desires.

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Leaders Eat Last:

…as we all know, we can get even more done together, working with people we trust, than we can alone.

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Leaders Eat Last:

…when we find ourselves inside a Circle of Safety, stress declines, fulfillment rises, our want to serve others increases and our willingness to trust others to watch our back skyrockets.

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Leaders Eat Last:

The strength of the culture, and not its size or resources, determines an organization’s ability to adapt to the times, overcome adversity and pioneer new innovations.

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Leaders Eat Last:

As social animals, we more than want the approval of those in our tribe, we need it.

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Leaders Eat Last:

We all want to feel valuable for the effort we put forth for the good of others in the group or the group itself.

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