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[Leaders] must acknowledge uncertainties and deal effectively with the present, while simultaneously anticipating and responding to the future.
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Leading through voice, inspiring through trust and empathy, does more than get people on your side. It can change the climate enough to give people elbow room to do the right things.
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Leaders not only manage change, they must be comfortable with it in their own lives.
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…leaders… deal with this mercurial world by anticipating, looking not just down the road, but around the corner; by seeing change as an opportunity, rather than an obstacle; and by accepting it, rather than resisting it.
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Ruthless management may succeed in holding change at bay for a while, but only visionary leadership will succeed over time.
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When visionary leadership is combined with sound business practices, the results can be success that lasts.
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To succeed in this volatile environment, leaders must be creative and concerned, yet neither creativity nor concern is high on the agenda of many corporations…
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True leaders must be global strategists, innovators, masters of technology, all of which require new knowledge and understanding, which far too few companies supply, or even encourage.
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To date, organizations have done far more to stifle leadership than to encourage it.
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…the organization must offer its employees the kinds of experiences that will enable them to learn and, finally, to lead.
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