CHAPTER 12

Choosing to Lead Is Choosing to Succeed

The final chapter in this book is short, and it is the single most important trait to being a leader. Sometimes we are thrust into positions of leadership without our approval. That does happen. It could be in an emergency situation like in the Poseidon Adventure where you must lead everyone to safety. Or you could have been promoted as a surprise, not expecting it, and now find yourself in a position of leadership wondering how you can be a better leader.

But more likely, you were expecting the promotion, or you wanted the promotion, or you started your own company, or any number of scenarios in which you CHOSE to lead. Whether or not you are in a leadership position of your own doing or someone ...

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