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Strong leaders take total ownership

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Here’s 3 things that effective leaders take total responsibility for. While average ones might own one or two (and bad ones none 🤦‍♂️). Strong leaders don’t make excuses. They accept that – if something happens on their watch – they’re responsible. They don’t just parrot… 

Working longer hours isn’t the solution

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When we take on more responsibility, many of us respond by working more hours. This isn’t much fun. But it’s also dumb. Because adding more time isn’t a scalable solution. And it stunts our growth. First, it turns us into super individual contributors, not better… 

Say this instead of “If you want a job done properly, do it yourself”

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I used to love saying, “if you want a job done properly, do it yourself”. But what that really said was, “I’m a terrible delegator”. And I was. When we first move into management roles, we’re typically bad delegators. We’ve often been promoted because we’re…