* Why the people with the most power can often be the least - self - aware, and
how smart leaders avoid this trap.
Smart leaders do this by including teachers, staff, parents and other community members in the work of school improvement.
Smart leaders know that stretching their creative capacity is required to increase industry clout and deliver meaningful messages that matter.
«Inside - Out»
smart leaders legitimize and leverage emotions in themselves and others to be more effective entrepreneurs and lead a more fulfilling life.
«Good jobs for American workers are under attack every day, and we need tough,
smart leaders like Shelley Mayer in the State Senate to fight for us, create jobs and grow our economy.
Obama called Deacon a «tough and
smart leader who will build on all we've accomplished and take our nation forward» in a press release announcing the endorsement.
A leader needs to be aware that lasting positive change can not be created alone, regardless of
how smart the leader is or how much authority or resources are at his or her disposal.
Smart leaders understand that executing a change in direction — even a small one --(picture of basketball players) requires their own thinking, expectations, and beliefs to shift, as well as those of the people on their team.
Being
the smart leader you are, you maintain that an intentional culture engages — even delights — employees, delivers exceptional customer service, and reaches its full earnings potential.
It's the kind of long - term thinking guys like Stephen used to enrich our economy 130 - odd years ago, and that
smart leaders would do well to emulate today.
A smart leader uses empathy, negotiates on the behalf of employees, and acts a bit rebellious.
Some of
the smartest leaders I've met aren't just knowledgeable in their field; they're also resourceful.
Smart leaders, Ken notes, make it a habit of «praising and catching people doing things right and cheering them on.»
Even if the auto companies triumph in court, however, four potent leadership lessons emerge, and
smart leaders would do well to heed them.
Smart leaders will expand their scope
When asked what their company's No. 1 asset is,
smart leaders will answer that it's their employees.
Her passion for strengthening the roles women can play in each other's success grew from the twenty years she spent in technology, learning from some of
the smartest leaders, clients, and colleagues imaginable.
«He and his team found that the poor decisions
these smart leaders made were sometimes intentional and sometimes accidental, but they always followed a clear pattern of hubris that ensured even the most successful enterprise could be run into the ground,» writes Inc..
They have
a smart leader to go along with their premier talent.
We have
a smart leader whose actions and inactions rattles the Nigerian government.
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A smart leader is the one who surrounds himself with smarter people to advise him or her so once you make that determination, that someone is eligible to stand and the voters allow that to happen, I'm sure the other aspects of maturity to rule will be secondary.»
Be it that they were blessed with the «black gold» but it takes a strong and
smart leader to use what they are blessed with and share the wealth with the nation.
Contracts, rules, regulations, statutes, and policies present real problems, but
smart leaders can frequently find ways to bust them — with enough persistence, knowledge, or ingenuity.
Rather than hope for revenue increases that are unlikely to materialize,
smart leaders can turn the present budget crisis into an opportunity.
They've co-authored The Other «F» Word: How
Smart Leaders, Teams, and Entrepreneurs Put Failure to Work (2015).
«Brands that do not have an Amazon strategy are in trouble and dangerous to
any smart leader because getting Amazon wrong leads to long - term losses for both company and career.
So, why do good companies, and
smart leaders, sometimes make such bad decisions?
«Of course,
smart leaders should always look out for their company's best interests,» says Harvey.