Leadership Nuggets: Start By Saying ‘Yes, Please!’

Sep 26, 2017 • 1 Min Read

How many times have you declined an opportunity and regretted your decision thereafter?

Principal consultant of SOAR Consulting and a frequent speaker to public and private sectors Professor Datuk Sheikh Omar A Rahman shares some of our common responses when presented with opportunities:

“Yes, please!”
We say this with much compassion and gratitude with every opportunity that comes our way.
“Yes, but…”
We say this when we are not so committed into doing the tasks required. There is an element of ‘what’s in it for me’.
“No, thank you.”

Essentially, as leaders, we need to let people seize the opportunities in front of them and guide them to turn those opportunities into action plans.

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