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To successfully lead the unleadable, we must accept that leadership is a choice. Further, we can choose the kind of leaders we desire to be.
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The trouble is your fault, even when it is not.
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…most people develop their diva personalities because they are actually very good at what they do.
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…the greater the responsibilities of leadership, the greater the amount of trouble you must deal with.
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People we find difficult see us at our worst and may be especially well placed to be honest mirrors about areas where we have the most room to grow.
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What to fast-track your growth? Go directly to the people you have the hardest time with. As them what you’re doing that exacerbating the situation. They will surely tell you.
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Another justification for acting like an asshole is that if you want to be left alone… glaring, growling and other forms of grumpiness are splendid means for chasing unwanted intruders away.
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…assholes are rarely nasty all the time; their followers are driven both by the ‘sticks’ of punishment and humiliation and the ‘carrots’ of hard-won warmth and recognition.
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Unwavering hope that all those hard-core jerks are going to be transformed into nice people is a recipe for one reliable disappointment after another.
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Learning when and how to simply not give a damn isn’t the kind of advice you hear in most business books, but it can help you make the best of a lousy situation.
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