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Managing Hotheads is Like Handling Rattle Snakes

Leadership Freak

It’s thrilling if you have proper training and equipment. Dealing with hotheads is like handling rattle snakes. Three hot-heads on a team are better than one seething manipulator. Hotheads express their concerns. Seething… Continue reading →

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Failures Let People Fail

Leadership Freak

If you hear the train’s whistle and see the light in the tunnel you know the trains coming. If you let a train wreck happen without saying something, at best you’re foolish at worst you’re cruel. Letting people fail isn’t: Saying nothing when a wreck is around the corner. Standing on the sidelines gloating. Forgetting [.].

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Build the Plane While it’s in the Air

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Leadership skills are best learned when needed. Outcomes, deliverables, and noble goals infuse leadership skills and techniques with meaning. [.]. Communication skills are irrelevant apart from meaningful outcomes. Define the future first, then determine and develop the skills that take you there.

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