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Definition of Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Covey “It’s not the will to win that matters…everyone has that. Covey's statement. It inspired a post of my own, "If the definition fits, use it" about how bosses can do what you did as a way of understanding their own leadership principles and values.

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If Employees Don’t Trust You, It’s Up to You to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

Covey writes in The Speed of Trust , “When trust goes down (in a relationship, on a team, in an organization, or with a partner or customer), speed goes down and cost goes up.… As a leader, it’s your responsibility to use good judgment to take risks, to operate with principled motives, and to hold positive assumptions.