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Leadership

Leadership is hard. Whether everything is going well or failing, the rest of the organization will look to you for answers. 

Leadership

To truly achieve something great as a leader, you must be willing to have the hard conversations, no matter how uncomfortable they might be.

Leadership

You can't wait until you've promoted someone into a leadership position to start developing leadership skills. Every day is an opportunity to cultivate leadership qualities from your team, whether they are veterans or brand new to the organization. 

Leadership

Leadership is hard in general, but especially so if you're the only one.

Soliciting Feedback

Ask those who work for you, "What am I doing that feels like interference, or adds no value?" Fearing repercussions, they may at first be hesitant to give direct feedback. If so, be patient. It may take several tries before they trust you enough to open up. Then, act on this feedback.

High-performance Organizations

Research shows that HPO's spend 1.5 -2.0 times more on leadership than other companies and reap results that are triple-quadruple the levels of their competitors. 

Leadership

Care enough to notice.

Adaptable

In business, you should plan for a lot of things, but you should not allow yourself to become imprisoned by your plan. You have to be adaptable. 

Leadership

Too few leaders today know what questions to ask to get to the answer. 

Leadership

Great leaders are great encouragers, which is something the world needs more of. With so many people telling us we can't succeed, we need to hear our leaders telling us we can.