Some people believe that we become leaders by avoiding mistakes. Leaders are somehow able to predict the future, to see around corners and find our path forward. They become leaders by not making mistakes, and then lead us forward past any potential errors. I have thought that way myself. We say that “to err is […]
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Leadership is not about being comfortable. Leaders bring out the best in the people around them. They help everyone exceed their own expectations; the people around them, and the people around those people. Leaders inspire the members of their team, their fellow leaders, their clients and customers, their own mentors. The leaders who inspire me
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The leaders who inspire me are people who accomplish the impossible. Deep leaders explore their own core values and find a vision that causes other people to say, “That would be great, but it will never happen in our lifetime,” or “Are you joking?” or “There is no way.” Their values and vision shape them,
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Love means different things to different people. Some of us see hearts and flowers. Some taste very dark chocolate, sweet as well as bitter. Some of us see another person’s face, or the light in a child’s eyes. Some find love in our dog or our cat. Some of us think of making love, of
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I tend to have high expectations, of myself and everyone else. I was raised with expectations. I was the first child, and only son, of parents who thought for years they were not able to have children. My parents passed their high expectations on to me. I was expected to behave, expected to do well
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Before I knew what leaders do, I saw them as giving other people answers. People needed direction and guidance, and leaders told them what to do. Leaders were smarter and had more answers than everyone else, so other people listened to them to make sure they did not make any mistakes. Of course, I decided
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Some people think leadership is all about the future. These people are focused on their own vision for where they are going. They work hard to get themselves, and everyone else, moving in the direction they want to go. They do not want to be distracted by what has happened before, or what else is
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta over ten years after Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa, and over two years before Desmond Tutu was born. He is the only African-American person, as well as the only member of the clergy, for whom the United States has designated a national holiday. He was
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My friend D’Anne Hotchkiss is an honest and courageous listener. She is the kind of listener who takes the time to savor the nuances and the deep truths of what someone tells her. I would say that D’Anne is someone who sees clearly, who does not really have mental fog. We each thought it would
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Some people see leadership as an intellectual exercise. They conclude that if they can gather the information they need and analyze it effectively, they can learn to be leaders. Leadership is about sorting out what to do. The challenge of leadership is being able to think everything through as quickly as necessary. Some people see
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