Counterintuitives
of Leadership
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Speed kills.
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Your "To-Do" List has less power than your "To-Don't" List.
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It matters more that you decide than what you decide.
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They need your best, not your most.
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Leaders are no longer achievers. (They build achievers).
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Don't be perfect. Superman has no friends.
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Never be the smartest person in the room.
of Teamship
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Alone is fast; together is far.
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Conflict is good. And necessary.
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Take solutions to your boss and problems to your team (not the reverse).
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A culture of discipline is better than a tyrant who disciplines.
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Within the solution to the problem is often the creation of the next problem.
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Though information is like oxygen, determined leaders regulate the info and pressure their teams experience.
of Change
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We slow down to speed up.
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“They” don’t have to change. We do.
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The objective is not change. It is an environment that thrives in change.
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The best change leadership starts with what isn’t changing.
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It is not about power. It is about influence.
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Fear-based change is just fear.
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In hard change, facts won’t matter.
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It is not: think, change. It is: feel, change.
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During the change, it is less about talking and more about listening.
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People need more than to be heard. They need to feel heard.