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For CEOs, Safe Decisions Aren’t Always Safe

N2Growth Blog

What we don’t need is more CEOs who hide in safe harbors. If you sit in the big chair, you don’t get paid to make safe decisions; you get paid to make the right decision. Being politically correct rarely solves problems – it exacerbates them. We need CEOs who want others to do better and be better.

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List to the Lee

Chris Brady

     It's our true calling Our life's one purpose That carries us home again Safe harbor's purchase.     Open your eyes wide See all that you see Gales blow to the rocky shore We list to the lee.

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Remaining Objective Is Hard, But the Best Leaders Figure Out How to Do It

Harvard Business Review

There is no single leadership trait that guarantees success in any profession, but there is, based on my experience, one that many of the best leaders share: a fierce commitment to objectivity. In other words, during periods of great stress, our best leaders rely on sound tradecraft as their safe harbor. Danae Diaz/Getty Images.