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Team members love change — if they initiate the change. Unfortunately, most of us spend a good part of our work life making our way through change we did not […]
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The nature of change is that it produces fear──fear of losing the familiar and fear of the new and unknown. So change requires courage. Leaders know that courage is not
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Most team members have tasks they enjoy more than others. They rarely assess the continued value of what they like doing. Leaders know the value of a task is dynamic
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Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it. Or, stated another way: Hope is not a strategy! However, leaders know a well-designed and executed strategy
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Leaders know that doing what you love means dealing with things you don’t love. And, the failure to deal with what you don’t love will, sooner or later, prevent you
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Leaders know and live trust: Do what is right. Deliver what is promised. Be the same person, whatever the circumstances. Be Accountable. Leaders build trust by being trust. ─ Ken
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Leaders understand that people matter. Even when a team member requires guidance or a reprimand, a leader remembers the team member’s value and treats him/her in a way that affirms
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Leaders do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, whether they feel like it or not. They are not so much men and women of steel
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When deadlines are looming and economic storms are raging, a leader walks toward the difficulty. Walking a team through challenging times requires a leader who takes the first step. Courage
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Leaders know diversity is about raising, not lowering, the standard. Teams are measured by the diversity [ethnicity, gender, experience and thinking style] they attain — and the unity they retain.
