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The Best Leaders...

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People want to know what you stand for and believe in. They want to know what you value. And leaders need to know what others value, if they are going to be able to forge aligment between personal values and organizational demans. -Jim Kouzes No leader ever got anything extraordinary done without the talent and support of others. Leadership is a team sport, and you need to engage others in the cause. What strengthens and sustains the relationship between leader and constituent is that leaders are obsessed with what is best for others, not what is best for the leader. -Barry Posner The best leaders are the best learners. You have to believe that you (and others) can learn to lead, and that you can become a better leader  tomorrow than you are today. Leaders are constant improvement fanatics, and learning is the master skill of leadership -Jim Kouzes www.leadershipchallenge.com If you are a learner or natur

What are the most important values for a leader?

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All individuals have to decide what values they will embrace, what they will live for, what they would die for. Those values come from their core beliefs and their faith. I won't address that here because I believe you must wrestle them down personally. Instead I'll talk about leaders values that I believe are most important. Purpose: Let Your Why Direct Your What I believe that success comes from knowing your purpose in life, growing to your maximum potential, and sowing seeds to benefit others. If you miss any one of those three things, I don't think you can be genuinely successful. I also know that you cannot achieve the second and third parts fully without first discovering the first. You can't grow to your potential you don't know your purpose.  And if you don't know why you are on this earth and you are not able to improve in that purpose to the best of your ability, you'll be very limited in the ways you can help others.  I'll j