19Insurance Business ReviewNOVEMBER 2023WHAT IS YOUR LEADERSHIP MEMOIR?By Marta Magnuszewska, Data Analytics & Digital Innovations Executive, Senior Director (VP) of Claims Analytics, Markel"Save Me the Plums," New York Times bestseller, portrays a fantastic woman who uses real-life examples of what leadership could be if we lead with commitment and passion. Ruth Reichl reflects on her development into an outstanding leader while sharing her leadership memoir. There are at least four different leadership styles, but only two types of leaders: those who lead with compliance and those who lead with commitment. Compliance leaders are who the public has been calling a boss, using their authority and title to direct teams into doing and producing. Unfortunately, this style of leadership causes many issues, low team morale, high turnover rate, and cost, and simply a totalitarian and toxic culture. In her book, Ruth describes how leading with commitment is more productive and rewarding.Committed leadership is not a set of processes someone can follow to succeed. Instead, it combines knowledge, intuition, passion, and humanity. Many articles we read today focus on the ideal traits' leaders should exhibit. They need to be strategic thinkers and visionaries, know the industry, influence their team, and be a good communicator. However, not many educational materials describe how to combine these ideal traits while leading with commitment, passion, and humanity, linking the art and science of influence."Committed leadership is not a set of processes someone can follow to succeed. Instead, it combines knowledge, intuition, passion, and humanity," says Marta Magnuszewska, Data Analytics & Digital Innovations Executive, Senior Director (VP) of Claims Analytics, Markel. What does it mean to lead with commitment? In her book, Ruth's dedication to her team was to transpose the Gourmet Magazine, but she knew she could not do this alone. It was a team effort. Although Ruth was hired as an Editor in Chief for Gourmet Magazine, she was not Marta MagnuszewskaCXO INSIGHTS
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