
Through reflecting on her life as a firefighter and adventure racer, Robyn Benincasa has boiled down what it takes to succeed to eight key concepts – TEAMWORK.
These aren’t just theoretical ideas, but proven strategies for winning – eight steps to unlocking your leadership potential. Here they are:
- Total commitment
- Keep the end goal in mind. Remember, it’s not over until it’s over.
- Empathy
- Put yourself in one another’s shoes often; focus on coaching versus criticism
- Adversity management
- Take care of small issues before they become big problems.
- Mutual respect
- Respect teammates; praise in public and coach in private.
- We thinking
- Avoid competition within the team; we all finish together or nobody finishes.
- Ownership of the project
- Give each member a role that affects the project outcome.
- Relinquishment of ego
- Satisfy your ego with your team’s success, not your own; ask for help and ask to help.
- Kinetic leadership
- Allow leaders to emerge; recognise and utilise individual strengths.
The book is a fantastic read – one of the most inspiring leadership books I have come across: