Leading With Love When You’ve Been Hurt

Leading with love is easier when things are going well. Budgetary requirements are being met. Employees are happy. It’s smooth sailing.

You won’t always lead in good times. There will be rocky days, months, and years.

Maybe the finances are no longer there. Perhaps a close colleague turned their back on you.

Leadership has times of extreme pain.

How do you lead through these times of hurt? How do you lead with love during the hurting times?

That’s a good question. We should be asking this question, so we know what to do when we get hurt.

Leading With Love When You’ve Been Hurt

I’m going to offer three ways you can lead with love when you’ve been hurt today. These are not going to be easy things to implement. Some of these are going to require you to fall on your sword or accept responsibility when you’re not the one at fault.

Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Uncharted

A Reel Leadership Article

My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book.

Uncharted brings the classic Playstation video game Uncharted to real life. Which is perfect for Reel Leadership!

In Uncharted, Nathan Drake (Tom Holland, who played Spider-Man) is a conman. He’s working as a bartender who rips patrons off.

Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg in Uncharted

Doesn’t sound like all that great of a guy, huh? He isn’t, but he is…

Nathan meets another conman/adventure seeker while bartending. This man is Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg). Sully has information about Ferdinand Magellan’s lost treasure of over $5 billion in gold (sorry guys, this isn’t a true story!).

As Nathan gets swept up in the adventure, Uncharted introduces new characters. More adventure happens. And, of course, leadership lessons abound. Let’s take a look at the leadership lessons in Uncharted.

Why Love Works In Leadership

We’re not talking about romantic love and leadership. No, we’re talking about caring for your people and treating them with respect.

But why does love work in leadership?

I believe there are multiple reasons. We can not cover them all, but we will cover 3 reasons love works in leadership.

Why Love Works In Leadership

1. People long to feel a part of something:

Loving someone means you include them in what you’re doing. Loving your employees is no different in the world of work.

If you have a favorite employee (I know, I know, we’re not supposed to but it often happens), you bring them in on special projects. Why? Because you want them to be a part of something special since you like them.

40 Leadership Lessons Learned In 40 Years

Today, I’m deviating from the theme of love and leadership. Instead, I want to share 40 leadership lessons learned in 40 years of life.

It’s strange to think I’ll no longer qualify for a 40 under 40 list. I’m more likely to qualify for an AARP mailing.

That’s okay. We grow, we gain, and we get old.

With it being my 40th birthday, let’s look at 40 lessons I’ve learned in those years.

40 Leadership Lessons Learned In 40 Years

1. Leading alone isn’t leading at all.

2. Relationships matter.

3. Admit your faults.

4. Lead with your strengths.

5. Have a core group of people in your life that can hold you accountable.

6. Movies are a viable source of leadership lesssons.

7. Be accepting of people’s mistakes.

Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Blacklight

A Reel Leadership Article

My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book.

The last few weeks had seen a drought of movies. There hadn’t been anything new in theaters in quite some time. This week, that all changed. There were three movies that interested me that were released.

Liam Neeson by a trailer in the movie Blacklight

The choices were Marry Me with Owen Wilson, Death On The Nile, and the Liam Neeson film Blacklight. I’m a sucker for Liam Nesson and I think most people are.

The easy choice for this week’s Reel Leadership article was Blacklight.

We’re going to look at the movie. We’ll see how there are leadership lessons throughout the film.

Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Blacklight

1. Change can create enemies:

Sofia Flores (Mel Jarnson) was a political candidate trying to enact major changes in the world. There were people who didn’t like her.