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There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity.... A leader's job is to rally people toward a better future.

Marcus Buckingham

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
Leader
Future
Jobs
Rally
Makes
Integrity
Better
Unique
Different
Toward
Something
Creativity
People
Courage

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The fact remains that we have an obligation to discover what we really, really, really want to do (which is probably what we do best) and then do it even better... much better.
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You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.
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The time you spend with your best (employees) is, quite simply, your most productive time.
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It remains true that great managers recognize individualities and focus on developing strengths rather than weaknesses. Great leaders, in sharp contrast, recognize what is (or could be) shared in common - a vision, a dream, a mission, whatever - and inspire others to join them in the given enterprise.
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CEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are standardized, routinized, predictable. Stamping out variance makes a complex job a bit less complex.
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You will learn and grow the least in your areas of weakness.
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The talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world-class training programs, but how long that employee stays and how productive he is while he is there is determined by his relationship with his immediate supervisor.
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Innovation and best practices can be sown throughout an organization - but only when they fall on fertile ground.
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In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it
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No idea will work if people don't trust your intentions toward them.
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Teach your children how to identify their own strengths and challenge them to contribute these strengths to others.
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Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what excellence looks like. Keep everyone pushing and pushing toward the right-hand edge of the bell curve.
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Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment.
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We're all filled with naturally recurring patterns that make us unique - they're called talents. And our charge is to bloody well use them.
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Your strongest life is built through a continuous practice of designing moment by moment.
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