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Leaders Eat Last:
The bonds of love and trust and friendship take time to feel.
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Leaders Eat Last:
…that’s what trust is. We don’t just trust people to obey the rules, we also trust that they know when to break them.
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Leaders Eat Last:
…though there are guidelines for how to deal with emergencies, at the end of the day, we trust the expertise of a few special people to know when to break the rules.
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Leaders Eat Last:
It’s all fine and good for a leader to expect the people to trust them, but if the leader doesn’t trust the people, the system will fail. For trust to serve the individuals and the group, it must be shared.
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Leaders Eat Last:
The responsibility of leaders is to teach their people the rules, train them to gain competency and build their confidence. At that point, leadership must step back and trust their people…
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Leaders Eat Last:
Courage comes from above. Our confidence to do what’s right is determined by how trusted we feel by our leaders.
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Leaders Eat Last:
…[we should] pass on our lessons to others so they don’t need to relearn everything we have learned.
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Leaders Eat Last:
If we weren’t able to trust each other and work together, no matter how smart we were, we would die young and alone.
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Leaders Eat Last:
The more we try to make ourselves feel better, the worse we seem to feel.
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Leaders Eat Last:
…trust is like lubrication. It reduces friction and creates conditions much more conducive to performance…
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