Leading Teams with Integrity: Advice from Leadership Experts (Collection)

Chapter 10. Adjustments and Tune-ups for Your Identity

It’s like the Wizard of Oz. We’re looking for a wizard, seeking a heart, a brain, courage, and the wizard says you already have these things. All you need to do is use them. When you believe in your great indomitable self, then all things are possible.

—Marva Collins

Rob turned on his television and was flipping through the channels when an episode of the reality show X-Factor caught his eye. Though he didn’t usually watch such shows, one contestant kept him from flipping to the next channel. He watched 17-year-old Emmanuel Kelly tell how he and his brother had been found as severely injured infants in war-torn Iraq, with no way to know how old they were because they had no birth certificates. ...