Thinking Outside the Boss: The Four Uncommon Leadership Principles to Equip Your People and Build Your Organization

In a world hyperfocused on leadership, too many organizations and those who run them get lost in the glitz and glamour of easy optics. They ignore the fundamentals of what it truly means to be responsible for developing a plan and motivating the team to implement it.

When that happens, a new mindset is needed that prioritizes employees and empowers everyone to think outside the boss. Oskhar Pineda built successful businesses in the construction industry using four pillars--vulnerability, communication, trust, and mission. These are the values that your organization can also leverage to reach greater heights than you ever imagined. Putting people first not only improves their quality of life, it maximizes your productivity.

A misperception is that businesses have to choose profits over people. Pineda's three decades of success, in which he has always strove to keep teams engaged and connected, are a testament to how wrong that thinking is. If those who make up an organization are happy, productivity and quality rises, customers are satisfied, and business is profitable.

The traditional system of lures, benefits, and perks has proven ineffective in promoting employee engagement, satisfaction, and loyalty. The pandemic was a grim reminder that the fundamentals of leadership and the foundation of what creates a truly successful business is always about putting employees first--this is thinking outside the boss.