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Why does Legitimate Leadership return to our company periodically (at approximately 7-year intervals)?

Being Right Doesn’t Solve The Problem

One of the key concepts underpinning the Legitimate Leadership framework is: ‘We manage things, but lead people.’ You can’t lead a budget, a target, time, or any other inanimate resource. And managing a ‘human resource’ leads to disengagement and often, eventual discontent and hostility.

Why AI Cannot Replace Human-Created Work

Simon Sinek explains very succinctly the positives and limitations of AI. The sentences which stood out for me though were “across all creative endeavors – the transformation happens through the struggle, not just in the finished product,” and later, “it’s the struggle that makes us a better version of ourselves, not the product.” This aligns both to the Legitimate Leadership focus on process, not outcome; and using the task to grow the person as opposed to using the person to get the job done.

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Question Of The Month 

By Peter Jordan, Associate, Legitimate Leadership.

Question: Why does Legitimate Leadership return to our company periodically (at approximately 7-year intervals)?

Answer: It depends on the reasons for Legitimate Leadership returning. If it is to bring newly appointed employees on board regarding the leadership ethos, this is perfectly understandable. If it is to conduct a refresher or expose the company to new Legitimate Leadership products, this is also perfectly in order. Firstly, care and growth is not a one-time vaccination, but instead requires constant reinforcement; secondly, care and growth/Legitimate Leadership content is also constantly evolving.

If the reason for Legitimate Leadership returning is that the application of leadership concepts and tools has become rusty, misused, or unused, then this is of some concern. But unfortunately, this does sometimes happen because:

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Vignette Case Study: Being Right Doesn’t Solve The Problem

By Dieter Jansen, Associate, Legitimate Leadership.

One of the key concepts underpinning the Legitimate Leadership framework is: ‘We manage things, but lead people.’ You can’t lead a budget, a target, time, or any other inanimate resource. And managing a ‘human resource’ leads to disengagement and often, eventual discontent and hostility. Unfortunately, many performance management schemes (or the way they have been implemented) are rooted in the idea of managing people and/or their output. That is not to say we don’t need to manage aspects of our responsibilities, but people need something different.

To illustrate how ‘managing’ misses the mark let me tell you this story from a 24-hour aluminium alloy wheel manufacturing facility I worked at many years ago.

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Article: Article: Why AI Cannot Replace Human-Created Work

By US journalist and author Cal Fussman, arising from a conversation with Simon Sinek, American author on leadership and motivational speaker.

Comment on this article by Wendy Lambourne, Legitimate Leadership: Simon Sinek explains very succinctly the positives and limitations of AI. The sentences which stood out for me though were “across all creative endeavors – the transformation happens through the struggle, not just in the finished product,” and later, “it’s the struggle that makes us a better version of ourselves, not the product.” This aligns both to the Legitimate Leadership focus on process, not outcome; and using the task to grow the person as opposed to using the person to get the job done.

Our summary of the article: AI is ‘The Shortcut Temptation’. Let’s face it—AI tools are getting impressively good at producing work that used to take us hours or even days. They can draft reports, generate code, create presentations, and even mimic specific writing styles with remarkable accuracy. For busy professionals, these tools are tempting time-savers.

But during the conversation, Simon offered a perspective that challenges our efficiency-first mindset.

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