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#Leadership Agenda

Leaders should have a written agenda detailing their top priorities (updated quarterly) and should spend much of their time on activities that advance the agenda.

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Two Good Questions

Two good questions leaders should continually ask are: "What if...?" and "How might we...?"  Better results start with asking good questions.

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#Leadership

Too many leaders tend to believe they're expected to talk and provide answers, not ask questions.  This could not be more wrong.

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#Leadership Focus

Why do almost all leaders struggle to narrow their focus?  Because they find themselves with too many competing priorities pulling them in too many different directions.

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Leadership Reach

Ralph Waldo Emerson observed that organizations are the lengthened shadows of their leaders.

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#Leadership Principle

Get the message across to everyone that you will be tolerant of mistakes, but intolerant of inertia.  To put it differently, let people know that you don't expect perfection, but you will require everyone to be independent thinkers, decisive, and action-oriented.

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Good Questions

The people with the most potential to succeed are the ones who can take a difficult situation and bring it to its knees with questions.

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Decisive #Leadership

Most times in business there are several right answers, and the leader's job is to pick one.  Just make a decision!

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Think Before You Leap

Spurred by a penchant for action, managers tend to switch quickly into solution mode without checking whether they really understand the problem. 

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#Leadership Week

Great leaders understand how their own prejudices influence the way they lead.  They make sure their biases are not getting in the way of leading the organization.  We all have blind spots; and great leaders are aware of theirs.  

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