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…great companies and great leaders are the ones able to succeed beyond any one leader and manage through hard times.
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A leader’s legacy is only as strong as the foundation they leave behind that allows others to advance the organization in their name.
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The performance of a company is closely tied to the personality and values of the person at the top. And the personality and values of the person at the top set the tone of the culture.
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It’s only when we compare pictures of ourselves over a period of weeks or months that we can see a stark difference. The impact of leadership is also best judged over time.
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All managers of metrics have an opportunity to become leaders of people.
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…every leader of every organization [must] do the little things necessary to protect their people. But first, they have to admit that they are at the root of the problem.
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To really inspire us, we need a challenge that outsizes the resources available… This is what leaders of great organizations do. They frame the challenge in terms so daunting that literally no one yet knows what to do or how to solve.
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If the leaders of organizations give their people something to believe in, if they offer their people a challenge that outsizes their resources but not their intellect, people will give everything they’ve got to solve the problem.
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Leadership is not a license to do less; it is a responsibility to do more. And that’s the trouble. Leadership takes work. It takes time and energy. The effects are not always easily measure and they are not always immediate.
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Everything about being a leader is like being a parent. It is about committing to the well-being of those in our care and having a willingness to make sacrifices to see their interests advanced…
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