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Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.

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Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Leadership Quality
The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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Leadership Virtue
People do not follow robots.
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People Technology
Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.
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Direction Leader Problem Struggle
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
If we could execute with a monumental effort just to reach an immediate goal that everyone could see, we could then continue to the next visually.
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Effort Goal See
leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Leadership Team
Is this what I want to be? This? Is this all I’ve got—is this everything I can give? Is this going to be my life? Do I accept that?
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Acceptance Generosity Life Myself Philosophy
In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.
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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational Leadership True
And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Strong Willing Yourself
Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Time Trust
Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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Reading Start
But we can’t ever think we are too good to fail or that our enemies are not capable, deadly, and eager to exploit our weaknesses. We must never get complacent. This is where controlling the ego is most important.
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Control Enemy Failure Goodness Important Thinking
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.
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Blame Development Failure Leadership Mistake Oneself Win
There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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