It is Lonely at the Top.

I have spent most of my life leading organizations and developing people.  I have loved my work, but as a “D” personality, who isn’t supposed to need compliments, I too have enjoyed an occasional compliment made by someone I work with.  I am not referring to one of those “kissing up” compliments someone makes in the presence of other coworkers that intimates something like, “See, the boss and I are really close.”  What has meant a lot to me, as a leader, is when someone I have guided has expressed appreciation because I showed confidence in them and helped them grow.  No supervisor receives a greater compliment then someone saying, “I would not be where I am today without your help.”   For me, that kind of a compliment is as good as it gets. It makes me feel like Mark Twain who said, “I can live for two months on a good compliment.”