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The Surprising Trait of Great Leaders — and how to develop it

I was standing in front of more than 200 owners at my first annual meeting as General Manager. It felt like I’d been at the microphone for hours on every subject imaginable — operations, capital projects, insurance, fund balances, team development, specific fees and allocations, and so on. It was their main

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Leaders set the pace

“Leadership” is a verb. It is a mindset, a choice to accept responsibility, empower others, and make a difference. It is available to any of us, regardless of our age, education level, title, or any other characteristic. Once we choose leadership, we must live it. For that, we need a

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Leaders are quitters.

“Does everyone have a To Do list?,” asked Jim Collins at the Inc. 500 conference in September 2008. We all raised our hands. “How many people in this room have a Stop Doing list?” Not so many. Asked what he was planning to stop doing next, he replied, “Unnecessary fire

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Hidden Leadership — the surprising way you can change the world

“What I changed, I could; what I couldn’t, I endured.”   Dorothy Vaughan Movie and song references typically fly right over my head. I often joke that the only popular culture I’m familiar with is between 1987 and 1995. Aside from that, life’s been pretty full. So it’s not unusual that

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