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7
Rules of Leadership You Can Learn From The U.S. Military...that
can be applied to any organization for personal successs
What did he
say that was profound?
Co-founder, John Nicholas, and I were discussing examples of the Law of the Slight Edge when he said, "The
number one free style swimmer gets gold, while the number four gets nothing,
zero, zilch, nada (maybe glory). Yet the difference is often just 10ths of
a second. You don't have to be twice as good to be twice as successful. All
it takes is just the power of a slight edge. Successful leadership is a lot
like that."
How can that work in your favor?
Is it fair that someone only slightly better can get ahead twice as
far? Maybe not, but often life situations like that bring opportunity. Why
shouldn't that someone be you?
All you need is a slight edge. Leverage
your leadership skills and you're headed for the gold or at least the bronze.
In any event, you're on the platform being
recognized. Your self-talk should be:
"A SLIGHT
EDGE = MY SUCCESS!"
Is saving time
important to you?
Learn from
people who have "been there, done that." Start
at square five instead of square one and avoid the bruises and scars that
we had to experience. Benefit from that!
Sure, we made mistakes (lot's of 'em)...and learned from them. Having paid
those dues we can save you valuable time and energy by being able to advise
you what to do
and what not to do
The old saying is true, "It's wise to learn from your own experience, but even wiser to learn from the experiences of others." That's how you gain the edge.
Isn't
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Regardless of educational level or years of experience, lack of leadership skills holds more people back,
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In most advancement situations, all other things being equal, the better leader
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in all types of organizations.
Are
we alone in that observation?
Warren Bennis, leadership professor and renown author on the subject, believes
American corporations are over manged and under led.
In his Leader to Leader article of
Spring 1999 he stated, "For
all the ink it gets in scholarly, business and popular journals, leadership
remains an elusive concept...However, whether or not leadership is well understood,
its impact on the bottom line is dramatic..."
Rice University, in a survey of CEOs of companies hiring recent MBA graduates
(from many different schools), found that leadership skills were lacking.
What
does this mean to you?
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7
Rules of Leadership You Can Learn From
The U.S. Military...that can be applied
to any
organization for personal successs
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