Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
WARREN G. BENNISIn great groups, the right people always have the right job.
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Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
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Followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination.
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Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
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The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic.
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Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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Encourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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The American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as “a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces; a severe test of patience or belief; a vessel for melting material at high temperatures.”
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.
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It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
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Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.
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Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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