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Giving Direction
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Beliefnet Staff
As the leader, it is your job to give direction and then send your team off to implement Early on, during one of our stage play tours, my boss did me a great favor. He got up in front of the staff and explained that if I told them something, I was speaking for him.…
Find Truth-Tellers
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Beliefnet Staff
A vital characteristic in a senior executive is the ability to tell truth to power. At first blush, you probably think, of course my staff is honest—and they are. The issue is the ability to respectfully disagree with the leader and be able to articulate why. One of my favorite television shows is The West…
Avoid “Thumb-Sucking”
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Beliefnet Staff
Part of motivating any team is actually doing something. Organizations that get stuck in paralysis by analysis—or worse, a simple inability to create the inertia needed to act—will drive good people away. People, especially cause-oriented people, want to see things happen in a deliberate manner. People want to be associated with winners who are moving…
A Different Idea Doesn’t Mean a Bad Idea
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Beliefnet Staff
In a great episode of The West Wing, one of the president’s senior advisors, Sam Seaborn (played by Rob Lowe), was attracted to and wanted to date the daughter of the chief of staff, Leo McGarry. Leo decided to have a little fun and gave his daughter, a public school teacher and a staunch advocate…
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