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Glenn Brooke | January 6, 2017 | Leave a Comment

Too Proud?

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Leaders need to ask themselves if they are too proud

  • To recognize the need for change or that a new way is better
  • To consistently return to the basics
  • To listen carefully to another point of view
  • To acknowledge that you need to practice and rehearse
  • To get help or to ask for help
  • To delegate work to others so they can build their skills and experience
  • To give others more credit than you and take more blame than them
  • To allow someone older/younger be in charge
  • To believe you could be wrong, even completely wrong
  • To accept that social/business/political/technology changes are dramatically transforming the world
  • To acknowledge that you have settled for less than your best
  • To hire people better than you
  • To develop people to become better than you
  • To consider criticism as a gift
  • To read old books and biographies
  • To accept that history didn’t begin when you arrived on the scene
  • To teach others your best skills and share your best insights
  • To reject a zero-sum strategy in favor of a win-win-win experience
  • To call out and build upon the strengths of others
  • To be filled with gratitude
  • To lead even when you don’t “feel like it”
  • To strive to strengthen your weaknesses and improve in spite of your flaws
  • To release the need to always get recognition and credit
  • To have a healthy sense of your progress without believing you’ve “arrived”
  • To see struggle and challenge as an adventure
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Glenn considers leadership a craft which requires dedicated pursuit. The apprentice model (instruction + practice + associating with other craftsmen) is the time-tested way to foster the next generation of leaders. Real leaders never stop working on their craft; there are only new levels of mastery ahead. Learn more at leadershipcraft.com.

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