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“Today or never, that’s my motto” (Mary Poppins Returns). Sometimes wisdom comes from unexpected sources. In our rapidly changing, complex, highly scrutinized world, leaders need to bear down and get the job done. Problems generally don’t get better with age.
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“In dreams begins responsibility” (Yeats). Often interpreted as “you can’t lie to yourself.” Leaders have a responsibility to build relationships with integrity so that goals can be aligned across the entire team. No integrity, no trust. No trust, no progress.
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“In life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit” (Schweitzer). On this first day of 2019, we should commit to being one of those people.
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A new year. It’s up to us to determine if it will be a happy one. What if we had the opportunity to make the world a better place? For someone. For everyone. What would we do with the opportunity? I hope we would see it, understand it as a great privilege, and act.
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“Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway” (Mother Theresa). Great advice for everyone but especially for leaders.
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“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst you can do is nothing” (TR). But to decide you have to prepare, to understand, to learn. In the real world, gut doesn’t get it.
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Democracy is chaotic by nature. The barrage of information makes it more so. That makes respect, fairness, and integrity in our relationships at home and abroad vitally important. Compromise isn’t a dirty word. Neither are inclusiveness, order, and predictability.
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As a leader, a simple thank you goes further than you think. Good leaders know when to cede the stage to others.
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A career in government work is hard work. They commit themselves to the service of their fellow citizens. We need quality people in civil service to produce quality services. If we want to recruit them and keep them maybe we should stop holding their pay hostage every few years.
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“Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree” (Joyce Kilmer). A call to humility. Great leaders are humbled by the enormous responsibility of leadership.
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Christmas 2018. A welcome break from the angry days around it. “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). Leaders should set the example in this as in all things. Not just on this very special day but every day.
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No one logged more miles, spent more time, and took more risk in support of deployed troops at Christmas than Bob Hope. 57 USO tours between 1941 and 1991. His wisdom resonates today: “If you haven’t got any charity in your heart you have the worst kind of heart trouble.”
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Saw commentary about the shutdown that disparaged the contributions of Federal workers. That’s just wrong. They do the hard but unseen work of government.90% of them live outside of Washington. They deserve our appreciation. And an apology from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.
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“There’s only one thing worse than fighting with allies, that is fighting without them” (Churchill). We adjust the number and location of military forces overseas all the time. But we must never cause our allies to doubt our commitments to them. That would be extremely dangerous.
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There is an African proverb: “whether the elephants fight or play, the grass suffers.” Unfortunately, seems appropriate today.
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Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Kurds, Israel, Russia, Iran. Lots of implications. Individual actions make sense only if part of an integrated strategy. And only if closely coordinated with those allies who have been marching alongside us. Strategy is a team sport.
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“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today” (Abraham Lincoln). You aren’t leading if you’re not taking responsibility. And leaders are doubly responsible: for our todays and our tomorrows.
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Leaders deal with disagreements and complexity all the time. Whether in business or government about strategy, interests, priorities, and values. Strong leaders accept friction as creative and embrace complexity. Weak leaders are threatened by friction and ignore complexity.
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One way to think about leading is helping others to overcome fear. Fear for their well-being, fear of being irrelevant, fear of losing control. Good leaders don’t need to use fear to motivate. They create hope and build trust through honesty.
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This year’s Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year: Toxic. Two years ago: Post-Truth. We’re better than that.
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