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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.

Colin Powell

Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Development Greatness Oneself Recognition Talent
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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Depression Fall Intensity Leadership Passion Start Yourself
Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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Accomplishment Latest Management Mission Team
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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Failure Hard Work Inspirational Learning Preparation Result Secret Success
All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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Important Influence Life Live Touch Value
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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Command Evidence Prove Right Wrong
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.
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Ego Position Yourself
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision Yourself
The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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Action Condition Destiny Energy Fulfillment Health Organism

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