Great leadership comes down to only two rules | Peter Anderton | TEDxDerby

[@harrydaplatypus361]

#1. It's NOT about you - "A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves" => good leader shows the way in the dark, great leader shows the way in the dark and commends the team on it - 5 levels of leadership (why people follow you): +they have to +they like you +you deliver +you help them grow +of who you are and what you represent - "The best leaders don't create more followers, they create more leaders" => firstly teach the team rule #2 #2. It's ONLY about you - "I couldn't change others until I change myself" => try looking within for the answer to change. e.g. meditating - "If we want to bring about change in those around us it starts with our behaviors, with who we are; because the environment that we create around us is simply a reflection of our thinking and of our behaviour" => focus on the environment we are creating. e.g. does my environment attract success?

[@winyoutube]

thank you very much ;-)

[@chrisv.noire.6388]

you're awesome my friend.

[@archiefil]

LEGEND

[@shaniquecoombs1453]

Thank you !

[@philliplubman3716]

What a legend

[@PeterAnderton]

Please can you do me a favour? Various MBA and Graduate programmes around the world are using this talk as part of their module on leadership, which is a great way to spread good ideas! I'd love to know where it's being used, so if you're on an MBA or a graduate programme and that's why you're watching this talk, please (a) add the name of your course and university in reply to this comment and (b) like this comment to keep it at the top so we can keep it up to date. If your course is already on there just like this comment rather than adding a comment. Thank you, and have a great week!

[@Oldman1912]

I am pretty sure you are the only one who liked your comment

[@PeterAnderton]

@@Oldman1912 I think you're probably right! 🤣

[@Oldman1912]

@@PeterAnderton you got my like too 😁

[@TaniaAdams_crAzyalwayswins]

I am a leadership coach. I use your talk as a starting point with my clients who are new to leadership or who want to grow as leaders

[@hanfo420]

How do you know that the video is used as part of a module on leadership when you ask people here to leave a comment when it’s used? A bit contradictory.

[@swishersnaaake8208]

"Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power"

[@thua4673]

The best 18 minutes about leadership available.

[@tejalanandjiwala5876]

Excellent ❤🎉 This simplicity is required in the complex world . Thank you 🙏

[@itsmyauditionitsmyaudition2537]

Great leadership must be contagious,because the world needs more leaders, who carry forward the legacy.

[@PeterAnderton]

Nicely put!

[@bgjared7781]

?? Contagious hardly. Shared certainly.

[@sarbhoskinson9995]

Too many people call themselves leaders, when they purely dictate and order but what today's leaders promote is exactly the realization that "Its not about you, and it's only about you" Very powerful - Than you Peter Anderton.

[@anilagrawal2057]

Wow, Peter Anderton, you have distilled the complex subject of leadership into such simple, yet apt, rules: "Rule#1: It's not about you; Rule#2: It's ONLY about you." And, of course, "listening" is the final key to being able to practice the two rules. If a leader (designated as one, or a self-styled leader) just takes the two rules to heart and drives his/her vehicle with the third key, he/she would leap high in their role of a leader. Thank you for such a simple message. Yes, I get it, "it's not easy" because our EGO is always lurking over our heads.

[@PeterAnderton]

Beautifully put - thank you!

[@kimberlymausbach1755]

Hands down the best TED talk in a long while (and it is still circulating after 5 years)

[@driveanddive4173]

Beside the 2 rules, what I really loved was "We live in a really complex world that is crying out for simplicity" Thank you Mr. Anderton

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you. Interestingly enough - you could go as far as saying that the two rules are not really about leadership - they are about life!

[@gerulais]

@@PeterAnderton I agree. We can apply those rules even in our relationships. I was just thinking about my marriage when I was listening to you.

[@mauriceachach3351]

Great truths wrapped in simplicity. Great advice.

[@angelicasbestversion3301]

Leadership is about service, but I must have a human revolution within myself first ! Thank you so much for this talk.

[@peteranderton3224]

Beautifully put! Thank you

[@petermcdonald7578]

Serving others will lance your ego. You can't wash someone's feet - as Jesus did and throw stones at the same time.

[@nikunjgarg6636]

Was a very good talk, among the best one which I hv ever listened

[@santoshkumrouth8380]

Spot On !! so very well thought & presented.... Loved the extract of Leadership - the 3 simple but powerful rules " Leadership is not about you but about others" "Leadership ...works only when you walk the talk" " Pay heed/Listen to what has already been said & successfully demonstrated by some of the Great leaders...and adapt it for effective results rather than trying to reinvent the wheel" Thanks for sharing this wonderful insight Peter...you are Amazing !!

[@insidedianeslife2456]

Just 2 lessons. I love it and it makes so much sense to me. Thank you.

[@kennedytay1298]

2 rules for great leadership: Rule 1 is it's not about you! Make complex into simplicity. Rule 2 is it's all about you! You can not change anything until you change yourself.

[@thomasarthurmaj]

Selflessness and Responsibility seems to sum it up. Fascinating insights, thank you!

[@PeterAnderton]

Nicely put Tom - thank you!

[@ReginaldBuenaventura]

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[@brettlarson711]

Very wise and I love that you close with the need to just listen. Listen to others, listen for the soft wisdom that lies below the surface, and I might add, listen without judgment either of others or of yourself. Great TED Talk Peter. Thank you.

[@peteranderton3224]

Thanks Brett!

[@SpeakingBadger]

Once I get back into my program, I'm about a year away from a PhD. in Organizational Leadership and I appreciate the clear way you articulated these two rules. It is pretty much on point with my thoughts on a lot of the theories I've had to study... You pretty much just articulated exactly what I have wanted to share myself, which has helped me to gather my thoughts a little better on the subject. Getting a better focus from another perspective is very helpful, so thank you for getting the simplicity of it and explaining so well.

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you Justin - my pleasure!

[@kadonsie]

Thank you Peter. What an amazing gift you have and thank you for deciding to share it with the world. I stumbled upon your seminar whilest researching for my research paper (post grad project management EQ & leadership) and what I was hoping to say in it, you have so neatly packaged and substantiated and validated: If one just sits back and take into consideration the whole picture and listen carefully, the patterns amongst the chaos will present themselves. The basic truths in life are right there under your nose and it always has been - such as gravity and relativity. None of them are new. It's just that history repeats itself in seemingly new traits and every generation is convinced of it's own uniqueness and obsessed with itself. The human need to want to learn more is beautiful, but so often we want to recreate the wheel and become misguided with shortsighted competition and personal fame; costing us to unlearning the simple truths we already learnt and were originally yearning for. I love how you have looked at the whole picture and illustrated, as I had hoped to subtly demonstrate in my paper, that these "new wisdoms" are simply something we have unlearned through popular beliefs and media fads over recent history. Too often it is just the most controversial elements that shout the loudest that become fashion or popular belief. Thank you again for your passion and perseverance.

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you Heike - I wish you every success with your research paper!

[@FRASERMCGREGOR72]

What a wonderful and succinct insight into the true meaning of leadership. Too many people take on this title of being a "leader"without the necessary emotional and intelligent response to succeed. Thank you for putting this content out for us all to learn how to become better leaders.

[@yayaanetwork2530]

Absolutely brilliant video thanks very much

[@HungNguyen-si2xe]

Your lesson is a guidance for many. Thank you so much for sharing. Best wishes for you and your family.

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you - and for you and yours!

[@soniagaviraYT]

Loved the history lesson - definitely simple and not easy. Interesting that we speak about rule number 2 in the context of things going wrong or needing to improve. We also need to recognise when they go well and we need to keep doing whatever it is that we are doing. And when people thank us and tell us things are going well, we need to take a breath and thank them.

[@peteranderton3224]

Beautifully put - thank you!

[@sgchester]

I can listen to this all day! Very well written, delivered and conceptualized! Indeed, our world is crying for simplicity!

[@patrickmork]

Excellent. Simple and well spoken. Very practical. I'm preparing a webinar on Leadership in Moments of Change and this helps immensely.

[@PeterAnderton]

I'm glad you found it useful!

[@feliciawhite1781]

Simplicity is the mark of brilliance..... It's not about you....it's only about you. Life Changing moment!!!!

[@debbrown89]

Excellent historial review of the evolution of leadership principles and insights into the most relevant facets of effective leaders! Highly recommend!!!!

[@speckofdust272]

Breathtaking review of the definition of true leadership from over the centuries ... it’s awesome 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you! Glad you found it useful

[@umathapa6383]

Thank you! Absolutely love this🙏🏻

[@marvely01]

Thank you for sharing the simple yet powerful rules about leadership!

[@peteranderton3224]

My pleasure!

[@Therealshaunlott]

I wholeheartedly agree with the rules (#1: It's not about you; #2: Its only about you)! It sounds relatively simple, but the challenge is defeating human ego. Our society has indulged itself in producing egotistical beings who find it impossible to conceive Rule #1. Unfortunately, our society rewards egocentric people with leadership positions because they produce results regardless of the carnage left behind. Yet, there is still hope! Thanks Peter and death to the key goblin!

[@PeterAnderton]

It still plagues me today! :-)

[@gerryscat]

thank you

[@francismuiruri9064]

Your comment a year ago is relevant and has always been .

[@delbertannis5642]

Finally someone who understands and put it simply and with humility.

[@PeterAnderton]

Thanks Delbert - I am passionate about the simplicity of leadership

[@zoegraham1367]

Absolutely love this - thank you for a really powerful and interesting talk

[@veearya562]

Excellent and amazing talk on leadership! Loved it because I also have passion for leadership, was an engineer and completely agree with your talk.

[@yfoog]

Great talk Peter. Thanks for bringing wisdom into the talk. You've inspired me, a good leader indeed. And now I'm hungry for hob nobs.

[@PeterAnderton]

Appreciation is a good example of rule #2 - and you've just made my day with it - thank you!

[@vivekgupta17]

Simplicity is art of solving compelxity. Thought provoking Video.

[@ml-ec5dw]

Excellent presentation! It's simple, direct and highly information 10/10 Leadership is empowering others through authentic service. I think Socrates had a method that would suit such an approach.

[@riveraf5053]

Its about the team! Making the work environment safe and fun

[@ninaphilippe]

Awesome speech!! Thank you TEDx!! Thank you Peter Anderton!!

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you Philippe. Simplicity wins every time!

[@ninaphilippe]

@@PeterAnderton Very Pleased to meet you. Honestly, your talk deserves 10X more watches.. Thanks again! I added your talk to my yearly reminder on how to improve oneself and the others!!

[@peteranderton3224]

@@ninaphilippe You've added a spring to my step today - thank you! Spread the word!

[@chelseachang8977]

Good conclusion and insights about the leadership.

[@brianly6305]

He did say Sun Tzu was the author. "Not so far away, Sun Tzu was writing the art of war"

[@chelseachang8977]

Oh, I am sorry, I made a mistake. He talked about Lao's leadership wisdom and Sun Tzu's. Thanks for your correction.

[@brianly6305]

@@chelseachang8977 🙏👍😁😁

[@lenathompson4300]

Loved your talk. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you 🙂

[@love.family2892]

I love watching and listening to this man . you're a Good Leader

[@keizersoze182]

e very good segment! thank you.

[@meerasunod242]

Powerful!! Simple but not easy!

[@PeterAnderton]

Indeed - it IS simple - but rarely easy!

[@blankshaliburton277]

This is just the right message for the season!

[@amylefever2679]

Thank you.

[@winniew6742]

Simple, clear ,realistic and full of wisdom.

[@peteranderton3224]

Than you Am - that's exactly what leadership should be!

[@jadenromero5738]

Briliant! Rule #1 - We- not- Me Orientation!

[@mehmood020]

Beautiful and practical

[@briandebeer3391]

FANTASTIC. SIMPLE POWERFUL MESSAGE

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you Brian - I prefer simple!

[@MrsWilliamTheBloody]

What an incredible public speaker. Wow.

[@magwazaxolaniandile5397]

Amazing presentation...

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you

[@calinanguyen7511]

It's such an inspiring talk. I like your idea of simplicity of leadership.

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you Jane - my pleasure!

[@Thomasw540]

The servant-leadership model of Army ROTC is lead by example and its priorities are Mission: Men: Self. The training design of the US Army Ranger School is role play employing these dimensions in a mission-oriented group dynamic.

[@PeterAnderton]

Thanks Tom - that's a great way of looking at it.

[@TheCuratorIsHere]

Finally a TED talk that's actually good.

[@David-qs6dw]

Great teachings

[@arethalester9448]

AWESOME!!!

[@daveoller2956]

"Maybe everything that we need to know about leadership and life was written down a long time ago"

[@MichelleFouche1]

Powerful message

[@learnarabicwithease]

Rule#1: it's not about me, it's about them. A leader inspires others to be at their best and doesn't try to create personality cult. Rule#2: it's only about me. A leader knows the values to which he and his followers hold on, and he tries to be a manifestation of those values before preaching them to others.

[@PeterAnderton]

Beautifully put - thank you!

[@bhanusinghal1918]

What a well researched talk, kudos to you man!

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you :-)

[@randamonium2894]

Great job Pete and thank you!

[@PeterAnderton]

My pleasure, thank you!

[@nestorgonzalez6078]

Wow this was extremely insightful. I'm going to change my job because of my boss and this was very educational

[@PeterAnderton]

It has long been said "We join an organisation - but we leave a boss!"

[@cherrieb9314]

Great talk. I liked the lessons from history.

[@davidnicholson8735]

Peter Anderson thank you for the Ted Talk!

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you David - my pleasure!

[@zulfchoudhary2746]

Never a truer word said on leadership. Too many politicians peddling fears and channeling hatred, and calling it leadership.

[@kenchoie3593]

Great ! Thank you, Peter. What you are saying is that people follow you (1) because you do something for them (i.e., it is not about you), (2) or because you represent their aspiration (i.e., it is only about you).

[@bhaveshbhuptani6856]

VERY NICE PRESENTATION

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you - I'm glad you found it useful!

[@danas1299]

Me new favorite talk! Fantastic talk from a fantastic speaker!

[@stealthsuit5989]

Genuine Authentic Engaging Clever True

[@thomasaquinas2600]

It's so different: what makes you a good leader, versus how we should respond to others who are leaders. For ourselves, we should earn respect and not rely on designated authority. Plus, never appear to lack an answer or a task to perform. Turning that around as to how we deal with our leaders, remember Catch-22. Most leaders want one thing only: like us...

[@johnbrennick8738]

And I also value the insights from the question “what environment are we creating?” (After the 16th minute)

[@blankshaliburton277]

The best leadership clues I ever came across so far. Thank you so much. Keep uploading such great videos.

[@arlinegeorge6967]

Great n amazing talk. Thank you. Bless you n all your dreams come true

[@martindavis4564]

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing!

[@sololeveling106]

Nice message, we all needed such distilled messages about complex subjects

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you - we are too fond of over complicating things nowadays!

[@leomosia]

Amazing talk , I completely agree with you

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you

[@neriarabit294]

"I could'nt change others,until i change myself" -this is true

[@petermcdonald7578]

Rumi said something similar

[@lanicewhite376]

Excellent!! 👏👏

[@greatbbala5375]

Leadership explained in simple words, you can be a leader if you action the 2 rules with the listening skill!

[@DebNKY]

Action? Apply, maybe?

[@lorenacollins61]

Used this philosophy for our entire team. Thank you

[@dke7838]

Peter: after watching your excellent talk, I went to the store and bought a pack of regular and pack of chocolate Hob Nobs. Wifey brought both packs to the staff room at work today. The chocolate Hob Nobs vanished like gangbusters at morning coffee break! The staff gobbled them up at a ratio of 3:1 compared to the non-chocolate biscuits!

[@Perkeno]

This is a great talk. Thank you.

[@ItsMeSakurai]

that was clear and inspiring! thanks

[@PeterAnderton]

Incognito RANGER You’re welcome. Spread the word!

[@fernandocortes1187]

11:00 leadership

[@drlepora1]

"Leadership is about who you are."

[@christopherxgordon]

Wow. There's some really powerful messages here.

[@changnoiboi]

Excellent

[@Sirracco]

Just brilliant! Thanks for the talk.

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you!

[@ethanwright3475]

My opinion, make it simple, Good leadership come down to one rule: Good leadership inspire people, not threaten people

[@anitawildman6248]

That was brilliant - thank you Peter.

[@punnaroothsrimongkolsilp6279]

Thank you for teaching:)

[@bien6662]

Indeed!! everything what we need, already laid down for us to consume. The only thing we have to do is to act and change ourselves. We cannot give what we dont have.

[@debbiemorin993]

Timeless words of wisdom! Thank You.

[@PeterAnderton]

Sometimes we need to stop searching for something new and notice what is already there!

[@Libroscristianosdelayer-nl1jy]

When you come to the stage to say there is millions of ways to be a leader. Yet, you come here to say here is “the” way and is very simple. I have found this very interesting when people do this. When ever I get ask a question if I feel I have the answer I say, this is what has worked for me but there are other ways too.

[@PeterAnderton]

Thank you for your feedback. The two rules are the foundation for all things leadership. Within those two rules there is scope for a range of different styles and approaches so you're right, there's definitely more than one way to do it. However, when you start off with this mindset, you are definitely heading in the right direction!

[@hayleybuonopane8322]

Excellent!

[@TheLizzietish]

Fantastic video. Well articulated and accessible information for everyone. Bravo!

[@PeterAnderton]

Thanks Kate - everything in leadership comes down to two rules - everything else is just noise!

[@mohammedkamara1513]

Great lecture! Rule # 2: I could't change other until I change myself-- Nelson

[@claudiamanta1943]

A leader is a catalyst. Like in chemistry.

[@railzip]

Great TED Talk. Thank you

[@cassiodias1965]

It's not about you; It's only about you; and listen.

[@PeterAnderton]

Nailed it!