Leadership

1. Maintain Absolute Integrity

a. Keep Your Word
b. Chose the Harder Right Over the Easier Wrong
c. Guard Your Principles
d. Do the Right Thing

2. Know Your Stuff

a. Technical Expertise
b. Leadership Expertise
i. Know Your People
ii. Learn from The Bottom Up
iii. Learn from Every Experience
iv. Learn from Your Subordinates
v. Never Stop Learning

3. Declare Your Expectations

a. Get Your Expectations Clear
b. Make Your Expectations Compelling
c. Develop a Plan
d. Promote Your Expectations and Implement Your Plan
e. Listen to Feedback and Adjust Your Strategy
f. Be Faithful to Your Expectations

4. Show Uncommon Commitment

a. It proves that the goal is worthwhile and really important
b. It proves that the leader isn’t going to quit
c. How to Show Uncommon Commitment
i. Meet with the people face to face
ii. Make a Public Commitment
iii. Keep Going When the Going Gets Rough
iv. When the Situation is Impossible, Think Outside the Box
v. Accept the Risk the Goes with Commitment

5. Expect Positive Results

a. Develop Your Self-Confidence
i. Build up self-confidence in One area and carry it over into other
ii. Physical Fitness as a Confidence Builder
iii. Be Real – Self-confidence comes from being yourself
b. Become a Positive Thinker
c. Visualize the Results You Want to Achieve
d. Maintain Your Enthusiasm

6. Take Care of Your People

a. Be the Leader When Things Go Wrong
b. Give Their Needs Priority
c. Really Care – You’ll Treat Then Right
d. Assume the Responsibility
e. Share the Gain

7. Put Duty Before Self

a. What is Duty?
i. The actions required by one’s occupation or position
ii. A moral or legal obligation
b. Focus on the Mission
c. Rejoice in the Success of Others
d. Consider Yourself Last
e. Share the Pain
f. Demonstrate High Moral Courage

8. Get Out in Front

a. Go Where the Action Is
b. Set the Example
c. Be Willing to Do Anything You Ask Your People to Do
d. Take Charge
e. Be an Up-Front Leader - respect yourself respect everyone else Be responsible for your actions