“Pass credit for success up and down the chain. “Take ownership of failures and mistakes. Take care of your people and they will take care of you. Regardless of rank, everyone is a human being and plays an important role in the team. Your team is counting on you to make the right decisions. It is an honor to be in a leadership position. 147) “Here are some fundamental rules to keep in mind as you take command: The commitment they would have when they executed their own plan would easily make up for the 10 percent loss in efficiency.” (p. “If I had a solution I estimated to be a 90 percent solution and saw that their plan was only an 80 percent solution, I would still let them execute their plan instead of mine. 120) Good leaders empower their team, even if the leader has the “best” answer “Too often, when leaders apply the same leadership tool in the same way that has worked for them in the past, they cannot figure out why their team or individuals on the team are not performing the way they had envisioned or the way a different team had performed when they had received the same leadership.” (p. 69) Leaders need to adjust their approaches for different people and situation They don’t work to improve them, and they won’t bring someone onto the team to offset their shortfalls. People who lack humility cannot improve because they don’t acknowledge their own weaknesses. “Because there is one type of person who can never become a good leader: a person who lacks humility. 48) If you’re not humble, you won’t be successful as a leader The more communication there is, the stronger the team will be.” (p. The better the relationships, the more open and effective communication there is. “Leadership requires relationships good relationships with people above you, below you, and beside you in the chain of command are critical for a strong team.

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