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Mindful leadership. It's I really like these two examples of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. They personally led the marches for freedom. Didn't just let others do the difficult work.So as people in leadership roles, we have to be willing to do the things we're asking others to do. You can't just be telling everyone else to do one thing, and we're not doing that same thing. People want to see you doing the same things. You're being there you're asking them to do. Otherwise it breaks trust, and when trust breaks, everything else falls apart. I really like this example of Haruka nishimatsu. He's a former CEO of Japan Airlines from quite some time ago. Very interesting way that he led, very unusual leadership model in that he used to take public transportation to work.

No fancy cars. Get off the bus, go to work, get on the bus and go to work. And when at work, he didn't even have his own office. He wanted to sit in an open space with a bunch of colleagues so they could talk and discuss and things like this. That's how that was his own unique way of leading. And when it was time for lunch, he'd go down to the cafeteria and get in line and get his own lunch with everyone else. Refused all special treatment, and you could see him walking around the buildings, talking to different employees, talking to the flight staff, helping put away newspapers. Just a really down to earth, accessible leader, very humble.