Leadership
Stay grounded
Self-awareness is key to great leadership.
In every attribute that makes a good leader, there’s a seed of potential weakness:
Charismatic yet deluded.
Decisive yet dictatorial.
Visionary yet impractical.
Know your weaknesses as well as your strengths.
Storytelling
Cat murder
Curiosity kills cats.
But it also tells the best stories.
Don't give away the best bits of your story too quickly...
• Use ambiguity
• Hold back information
• Create the element of surprise
And you'll have a captive audience.
Facilitation
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How to figure out your team's goals:
Imagine what a newspaper front page might say about your project.
You’ll be surprised what comes to light:
1. Clearly defined problems to solve
2. A sense of direction
3. The start of a plan for achieving your grand vision.
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