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Insecure leadership
- Posted on December 9, 2011
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Found this great nugget in a Bill Simmons article panning David Stern's decision to block a substantial NBA trade:
'Leaders thrive when they feel creatively empowered, when they trust the people around them, when their confidence is swelling. Leaders make mistakes when they lose that same confidence, when they're fretting about their power base, when they're reacting instead of acting. The worst kind of leaders hang on too long, get seduced by their own voice, start doing things from memory -- because that's the way we've always done it! -- stop thinking outside the box, start playing checkers instead of chess.'
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7334835/the-sixth-day-nba-christmas
When insecurity creeps in, the focus goes from outward to inward...from proactive to reactive...from what's best for the organization to what's best for me.
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