The ability to lead is closely tied to the ability to learn.
“Spend far more time listening and learning than talking.” – Gerald McGinnis
What teachability means for leaders
Every leader runs the risk of settling for the status quo – especially once they have already gained influence and respect.
Yet personal growth determines who the leader will become. And who they are determines whom they attract.
What teachability looks like in practice
Learning from scratch at 43
After six Super Bowl titles, Tom Brady moved to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 43, learned a new system and new teammates – and won the Super Bowl in his first season. After every game he studied film and analyzed his mistakes.
7,000 pages full of questions
Leonardo da Vinci filled more than 7,000 notebook pages with questions, observations and sketches. He dissected over 30 corpses and studied birds for his flying machines – and when they failed, he analyzed his mistakes.
The student who founded an academy
Plato learned from Socrates, traveled to Egypt and southern Italy and kept refining his philosophy all his life. Around 387 BC he founded the Academy in Athens, one of the first schools of higher learning – and even went to Syracuse to teach a tyrant.
What the animation shows
A spiral that is never finished: every turn adds something and passes it on.
