leadership
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leadership
5 powerful questions smart leaders ask:
- What can we do with what we have right now?
- What makes you think this will work?
- Imagine we failed. What didn’t we do?
- How are we/am I blocking progress?
- What will a success report sound like in our next meeting?
Dan Rockwell • The #2 Behavior Leaders Neglect
Isaiah: Do The Hard Things
Throughout the Bible, God’s prophets provide a great example of Christian leadership qualities. For example, Isaiah willingly submitted to God’s call on his life (Isaiah 6:1-8). He volunteered before he even saw the job description, which is inspiring. However, the job description was discouraging (Isaiah 6:9-13).
God said
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Standards must be achievable (though achieving them will always require extra effort), and the leaders must provide the means to get there. The focus should always be on getting better and better. We must always reach for the better way.
Colin Powell • It Worked for Me
The lesson was an important one: the things you choose not to do often matter as much as the things you choose to do. The real test of a person is the degree to which they are willing to nonconform to do the right thing.
Shane Parrish • Clear Thinking
What is a professional, anyway? A professional is someone who can keep working at a high level of effort and ethics, no matter what is going on—for good or ill—around him or inside him. A professional shows up every day. A professional plays hurt. A professional takes neither success nor failure personally.
99U • Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (99U)
You gain their respect by knowing and respecting them and through your own competence and personal example. Yet leaders must maintain a certain distance; they can’t get too close. Followers want leaders who are selfless, not selfish. They want leaders who have moral and physical courage, who always do the right thing, and will risk their careers in
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I struggle a bit with this one. I am completely open and transparent with my team and I feel they respect me more for it.
I have worked with leaders similar to my approach and have great respect for them.
I understand what he is saying but I have experienced a different reality. We also do not have a command and control structure.
Superior leadership is often a matter of superb instinct. When faced with a tough decision, use the time available to gather information that will inform your instinct. Learn all you can about the situation, your opponent, your assets and liabilities, your strengths and weaknesses, the threats and risks. Select several possible courses of action, t
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