I’ll be sitting in to evaluate a leadership meeting later today. This is what I anticipate, much needless chatter, strategic problem avoidance, petty bickering, staunch defense of indefensible‘s, and general non-productive, non-committed activities.

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Why? It’s what people do, until they understand the reason for this meeting – to attack head-on, the strategic problems and opportunities which are keeping them from excellence. Most don’t want to do it. It’s uncomfortable; it takes commitment; it takes collaboration, honest dialogue.

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And it takes fessing up to frailties, to dropped balls, facing up to others better ideas. If you’re a leader, you must fess up and face up, that’s your job. As a leader, you’re responsible for everything, not just what’s in your job description.

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Why? Because: leaders lead. They lead from the front. They lead by example. And they’re in charge of leading us, their followers, in the right direction, with as few casualties as possible, to the promised land. Lead, please!