From the course: Executive Leadership
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Encourage personal excellence
- Steven Covey said, "A leader is someone who sees more potential "in others than they see in themselves." Executive leaders need to unleash the full potential of the people around them. For their current performance and their future growth. You want to be the strongest advocate for your people's best selves because if you don't believe in them, it's harder for them to believe in themselves and try to give their best effort. Here's an example. A finance executive at a global media organization told me how he was sitting in for his manager, a senior vice-president at a forecasting meeting. A very large, unexpected expenditure came up. The kind of thing that's controversial and fought with implications about how to handle it. Because it was so significant, he phoned his manager, who was taking the day off with her family. He said, I want to let you know about an important issue. Before he could explain, she said, Adam, I trust you, that's why you're there and I'm here. Use your best…
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