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Only by leading your unleadable self can you then prepare to lead the unleadable.
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31 |
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To be able to best manager the mavericks, cynics, divas and other difficult people and situations, we have to first change our frames of reference in how we think about them.
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34 |
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The real role of exceptional leadership is to create a culture where people do extraordinary things!
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43 |
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Once you have created your first gelled team, you will work continually to find more ways to create gelled teams and improve how you do so.
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The exceptional leader is always looking for ways to create teams of people in which the team can figure out how to address the trouble without management involvement.
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45 |
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The fact is that, overwhelmingly, people do have good intentions and are working to achieve the best results they can.
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79 |
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Using testing to find and fix problems is the slowest way to build a high-quality product.
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128 |
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…projects that start poorly and don’t recover fast enough will face the extra problem of attrition of top talent.
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I expect the leader responsible for any project to ensure that the project is starting from a foundation for greatness.
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Time the start [of a project] to enable momentum to build quickly.
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