CHAPTER 1
Do You Really Want to Be a Leader?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, to learn more, to do more, and to become more, you are a leader.
—JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
We challenge you to ask yourself, “Do I want to be a leader?” If your answer is yes, ask yourself a second question: “Am I willing to continually evolve who I am and what I do in order to lead others to achieve great things?”
We have often heard executives say that their jobs would be easy if they did not have to deal with people. You may have had one of those executives as a boss, in which case you know how uncomfortable it feels to work for them. We understand that building relationships and developing others are rarely easy. Yet successful managers and leaders see these roles ...
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