60. Use "World Class" as the Standard
Consider this simple reality. The average leader is, by definition, average. Average leaders are not really terrible and they are not really that great. Leader development efforts that focus on average ways to think and act result in average outcomes. Exceptional leaders do not direct others to be in "the average middle." They ratchet up their efforts to create worldclass winners.
Consider your leader development task as a challenge to get people to play at a world-class level. Remind people how winners work and make that your standard every day. Consider the example set by Clark Graham, president of Litton Marine Systems (LMS), an international marine navigational equipment manufacturer. Graham took over ...
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