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Leaders know the power of passion. Caring passionately whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It places the spotlight on what can be done, rather than on what […]

Leaders trust themselves. They know what they know; and, they know what they don’t know. They are honest with themselves about both. They know when to leverage their knowledge and

Leaders know fear causes people to do the quick and easy thing. Leaders face and manage their fears. Even when alarmed on the inside, leaders keep a steady hand on

For untold centuries, one of the most important trees in the American food chain and in forests from Maine to Mississippi was the wild American Chestnut tree. Estimates show there

Marvin Pipkin was a legendary engineer at General Electric. When he first got started at GE, a few of the other engineers decided to play a joke on him. They

You may recognize the letters “QWERTYUIOP.” If you think about your keyboard, you will recognize them as the sequence of the first row of letters. Because the keyboard is a

Upon hearing of his reported death, Mark Twain famously commented: Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated. Leaders’ know that “saying it’s so, don’t make it so!” An opinion can

The great American humorist, Will Rogers, once commented that: Nothing is more uncommon than common sense. Leaders know that the obvious is not always obvious. Just because something “makes sense,”

Leaders know the experienced employee is the most “at risk” employee. It is human nature that the more you do something and the more you do it well, the more

An effective leader appreciates the value of example: “I am already doing what I ask you to do.” She understands that when her walk matches her talk, her influence with