How To Be A Leader - The 7 Great Leadership Traits

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Summary

TLDRThe video discusses seven crucial traits all great leaders should possess. They radiate positive energy, boosting team morale and productivity. Great leaders adopt a proactive attitude, focusing on solving problems over assigning blame. Delegation is key; they trust their team to handle tasks. Approachability is essential for encouraging open communication and feedback. Leading by example is highlighted with a manager who works alongside the team, gaining respect. Accountability is shown through a story where a restaurant owner personally delivers a meal to rectify a mistake. Lastly, decisiveness is critical, as leaders must make confident decisions to keep their team unified, even with limited information. These traits combine to define effective leadership and a positive team environment.

Takeaways

  • 💪 Great leaders radiate positive energy, inspiring passion and morale.
  • 🔧 Proactivity in leaders focuses on solutions rather than blame.
  • 📋 Delegating tasks allows leaders to focus on more critical roles.
  • 🗣️ Approachability ensures open communication and feedback.
  • 🛠️ Leading by example builds respect and commitment.
  • 🔍 Accountability in actions builds trust and rectifies errors.
  • 🗳️ Decisiveness unifies teams and drives clear direction.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:07:21

    This video discusses seven traits that all great leaders possess: 1) They radiate positive energy, which boosts team morale and productivity; 2) They have a proactive attitude, focusing on solutions rather than blame when issues arise; 3) They delegate tasks effectively and trust their team, recognizing they can't do everything themselves; 4) They are approachable, encouraging feedback and communication from team members; 5) They lead by example, working as hard as they expect their team to work, which earns respect; 6) They are accountable, taking responsibility for team mistakes and working to make things right; 7) They are decisive, making confident decisions to keep the team unified and moving forward.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the most important trait of a great leader?

    Radiating positive energy is emphasized as a crucial trait.

  • How do great leaders handle problems?

    They focus on solving problems proactively rather than assigning blame.

  • Why is delegation important for leaders?

    Delegation allows leaders to focus on more critical tasks by trusting their team to handle less important jobs.

  • How do approachable leaders benefit their teams?

    They encourage feedback and create a productive environment by being available for their team members.

  • What example illustrates accountability in leadership from the video?

    The restaurant owner personally delivering a missed part of an order to a customer to make amends.

  • How do great leaders handle decision-making?

    They make confident and decisive decisions to keep the team unified, even without complete information.

  • What example of leading by example is given in the video?

    A manager at Wendy's gains respect by working alongside his team during busy times.

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    [Music]
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    wherever you are leaders are important
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    whether it's to lead powerful
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    organizations or just to make sure a
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    group of friends are having a good time
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    here are the seven traits that all great
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    leaders possess number one they radiate
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    positive energy there is nothing more
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    important in a team than passion and the
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    will to succeed and having a positive
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    leader is an important part of
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    that sometimes I sign on to Facebook and
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    I see these status updates that just
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    reeks of
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    negativity these people are not good
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    leaders and more often than not they are
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    not very successful either great leaders
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    radiate positive energy not only does
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    that make them more likable leading to
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    more trust it also boosts the team's
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    morale and countless Studies have shown
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    a positive relationship between team
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    morale and
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    productivity number two they have a
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    proactive attitude when something goes
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    wrong it's easy to blame someone else or
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    to find out why it happened immediately
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    the great leaders put that aside they
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    shift their focus entirely on solving
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    the
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    problem I used to be in charge of the
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    takeout service at the restaurant I
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    worked at so basically people would call
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    to make their order and my job is to
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    make sure everything is packed and given
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    to the right person it was a really busy
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    restaurant so mistakes weren't that
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    uncommon this one time after a customer
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    came to pick up his food I realized that
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    we forgot to pack part of his order I
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    was fairly new at the time and I didn't
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    know what to do but luckily one of the
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    owners of the restaurant was there so I
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    explained to him what
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    happened he didn't blame me he didn't
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    even ask how it happened instead he told
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    me to call the customer apologize for
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    what happened and then tell him that we
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    will personally deliver the missing part
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    of his order to his
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    house at the end of the day the owner
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    sat down with me to talk about how we
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    can prevent something like this from
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    happening again but he did it at the end
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    of the day not when the problem was
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    still
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    unresolved great leaders know what to
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    focus on at any given point in time they
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    are
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    proactive number three they delegate
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    tasks
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    completely great leaders realize that
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    they can't do everything themselves so
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    they focus on the most difficult ult
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    tasks and delegates the rest to
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    others let's say you make more than $30
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    an hour yet every week you still spend
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    several hours cleaning your house and
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    doing the laundry considering a maid
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    costs around $30 an hour you might
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    decide it's worthwhile to hire one to do
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    your housework for you when I first
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    started delegating my work to others I
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    was hesitant because I knew that I could
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    probably do a better job than the person
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    I'm assigning it to for example a maid
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    might put your clothes in the wrong
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    drawer every once in a while but you
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    should still hire her because the extra
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    time you get to work on more valuable
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    tasks generally outweighs the
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    negatives delegating also means fully
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    trusting your team to do the task
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    without micromanaging their every move
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    great leaders delegate tasks to others
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    and trust them to get the job done
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    number four they are
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    approachable a great leader is one who
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    their teammates could see themselves
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    approaching whenever they have a concern
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    or when they simply need someone to
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    discuss things to when Sam Walton opened
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    over a dozen Walmart stores he was still
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    available to privately talk to any one
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    of his thousands of employees was this
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    the reason Sam W was so successful we
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    can't say for sure but he is a prime
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    example of someone who's approachable
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    and it so happens he's also one of the
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    most notable leaders in the last three
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    decades there is a saying that's very
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    appropriate in the situation and that is
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    a non productive work environment is one
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    where employees are discouraged to speak
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    up fearing the loss of their jobs great
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    leaders encourage feedback from all
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    members of the organization they are
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    approachable number five they do what
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    they expect of others if you expect your
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    team to work hard and produce great
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    results you're going to have to do the
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    same when I was a kid I worked at
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    Wendy's the fast food restaurant there
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    were two managers there Maria and
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    Francis Maria was very good at telling
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    us what to do but she would always be in
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    her office talking on the phone with her
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    boyfriend we listened to her but none of
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    us really respected her and that is
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    because she doesn't place the same
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    expectations for herself as she does for
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    us Francis on the other hand was
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    different he didn't have a lot of
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    leadership traits in fact he even had
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    trouble telling us what to do but the
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    one thing he did have was he pulled his
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    own weight when it was busy he would
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    grab the spatula and start flipping
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    burgers alongside us as a result he
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    gained the respect of everyone whenever
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    he was our manager we worked hard
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    because we wanted to for
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    Francis a great leader sets an example
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    and as a result gains the respect of his
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    or her entire
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    team number six they are
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    accountable your team's mistakes are
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    your mistakes because you are their
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    leader remember the restaurant example
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    when we left out part of the customer's
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    order the owner and I personally went to
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    deliver what we
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    missed imagine the owner of a restaurant
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    coming to your doorstep to apologize for
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    their mistake that is unheard of and yet
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    that is exactly the level of
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    accountability great leaders practice
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    all the
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    time it's not just about responsibility
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    it's about taking the next step to make
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    things right
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    great leaders are
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    accountable and lastly they are
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    decisive a lot of times leaders have to
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    make decisions that they are not sure of
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    but once they have enough evidence to
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    suggest making that decision they stick
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    with it and they do it with
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    confidence imagine that you are the
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    commander of an army and you have to
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    make the decision whether to enter the
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    enemy territory from the North or from
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    the West there's no information as to
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    which one makes more sense
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    but you will still have to choose
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    because without you their leader half of
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    your army might decide to invade from
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    the north and half from the west and
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    some might even call it quits and
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    Retreat Therefore your job as a leader
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    isn't to always make the right decision
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    but it's to make a decision in order to
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    keep the team together wrong decisions
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    could be fixed but a scattered team is a
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    recipe for disaster great leaders are
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    decisive and confident in their
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    decisions I hope these tips help you
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    become a better leader and as always I
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Tags
  • leadership
  • positive energy
  • proactive
  • delegation
  • approachability
  • accountability
  • decisiveness