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Leaders Eat Last

Leaders Eat Last

By Simon Sinek

Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t. Portfolio, 2017.

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17 Key insights

A brief summary of Leaders Eat Last

A guidebook for leaders in any field, with case studies and methodologies designed to eliminate resentment, division, and failure, and integrate work teams so they operate with trust, compassion, and cooperation.

Key insights in Leaders Eat Last

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What do you get from this book? Principles for nurturing a collaborative culture where both workers and the business thrive
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A leader’s self-sacrifice goes a long way to encouraging trust and camaraderie among team members
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Chapman understands that all levels of employees must feel safe in order to thrive, so he made organizational changes
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All humans have specific chemicals that foster friendship and collaboration, but modern work environments throw them off balance
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Long-term cortisol can wreak serious havoc on our bodies; leaders need to insulate us from this destruction
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Sometimes the only way to help others is to break the rules but hopefully, trust is involved during those situations
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Although the USA united during war, multiple events changed the way Baby Boomers viewed wealth and authority
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When people become an abstraction, it is easier to ignore what is right in favor of what is profitable
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A strong company culture can rectify abstraction and prevent destructive imbalance
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Integrity is an essential trait all good leaders share, and they encourage it in others
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Friendship plays an important role in uniting opposite sides of a debate, but today, people care more about numbers
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When leaders sacrifice altruistic goals in favor of more profitable ones, the public suffers
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Millennials have unique skillsets that older generations may lack, they just need the right leader to foster their growth
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Becoming a better leader is not only possible, but also a necessity in our divisive age
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Summary of the key insights
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Leaders Eat Last

Managers • executives • teachers • entrepreneurs • anyone in a leadership role

About the author of Leaders Eat Last

Simon Sinek is a teacher, writer, and motivational speaker, as well as the founder of The Optimism Company, a digital instruction platform that promotes leadership with a purpose. He served as the strategic communications instructor at Columbia University and has lectured at several TEDx conferences. In 2016, Sinek spoke at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit.

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