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If America is to regain its edge, and face and solve its myriad problems, leader – the real thing, not copies – must show the way.
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Ideas, of course, are a leader’s strong suit – the way the leader draws forth vision from chaos.
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Chaos is all around us now, the but the leader knows that chaos is the beginning, not the end. Chaos is the source of energy and momentum.
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For the leader, the responsibility is to transform the vision into reality. In doing so, leaders transform their dominions…
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Leaders need people around them who have contrary views, who are devil’s advocates, ‘variance sensors’ who can tell them the difference between what is expected and what is really going on.
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Leaders expect the best of the people around them. Leaders know that the people around them change and grow. If you expect great things, your associates will give them to you.
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Leaders have that sense of where the culture is going to be, where the organization must be if it is to grow. If the don’t have it as they start, they do when they arrive.
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[Leaders] know that they must balance the competing claims of all the groups with a stake in the corporation.
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[Leaders] see the world globally, and they know it is no longer possible to hide.
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The shrewd leaders of the future are going to recognize the significance of creating alliances with other organizations whose fates are correlated with their own.
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