FEELING THE POWER

Leaders with a clear sense of purpose face the challenges of each day with a feeling of personal power, confidence, and meaning. This reserve of strength helps them be more innovative and proactive. A well-developed sense of purpose also plays a significant role in leaders' ability to produce superior results because it steadies them and their followers in the face of changing, often turbulent circumstances. It guides them in drawing the most useful lessons from experience.

In critical situations, leaders who haven't established a sense of purpose and are concerned principally with the present moment often oscillate among rationalization, emotionalism, and freneticism until the storm blows over. When change occurs and is not ...

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