verse 66 - Tao In You

Too smart to be great – a leadership lesson

BySoon Teo February 3, 2016July 14, 2022

What if your boss is the smartest … Very often, a boss remains small because he is too smart to be great. He cannot afford to see someone smarter than him in his team. “How can I be the boss if I’m not the smartest?” As a result, his men either do not want to outshine him or because of…

Lao Tzu | Tao of leadership | tao te ching | verse 66

What is ‘leading by following’?

BySoon Teo April 20, 2015

What does ‘leading by following’ mean? We talk about ‘servant leadership’ in the modern days, but Lao Tzu had talked about the leadership style 2,500 years ago. In chapter 66, Lao Tzu illustrates the power leadership by using the analogy of streams and seas. “All streams flow to the sea because it is lower…