Top Ten Ways to Be a Great Leader

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“After those elders turned a blind eye to my advice, I wanted to tell them to just ‘stop it!’ Stop being so inflexible. Stop hanging on to the past.” (source)

“first piece of leadership advice: don’t do what comes naturally” (source)

“Resilience means being soft in spirit, not rigid, like a sapling that is healthy, flexible, and alive no matter how powerfully the wind blows.” (source)

“Nothing stops the progress of an organization more quickly than leaders failing to listen. Followers want to communicate with their leaders. If you fail to listen to them, their very effectiveness and job satisfaction will be in jeopardy. You don’t have to agree with them, but they need to know they were heard.” (source)

“Great leadership is not about me. It is about we. It is what I call servant leadership—caring more about the good of my team than my own enrichment.” (source)