The Importance of Humility

Be confident, but have an attitude of humility. The key is to maintain the proper balance between the two.

In my corporate HR career, I had the privilege of being a client of Ken Blanchard Consulting. Ken is a renowned management guru and a best-selling author of many books, including “The One Minute Manager”. One of the words of wisdom I learned from this experience is “None of us is as smart as all of us”.

On the subject of humility, noted author Jim Collins included the following poignant story in his best-selling book “Good to Great”:

A leader’s mezzanine office contained both a nice size window overlooking the factory floor and a large mirror. Whenever a guest would praise the leader for a business accomplishment, he would direct the admirer’s attention to the window stating, “I can’t take the credit; see all those great people down there; they’re the ones who made this happen.” On the other hand, whenever things weren’t going so well, he would look in the mirror.

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Blanchard’s and Collins’ words provide us with a healthy dose of reality when we get too puffed up and start to think more highly of ourselves than we should.

 

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