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Commitment
The document outlines key principles for effective leadership and team dynamics, emphasizing the importance of vision, authenticity, integrity, courage, teamwork, open communication, and empowerment. It encourages leaders to think big and make a positive difference while being transparent and accountable to one another. Quotations from notable figures reinforce the core messages of each principle, highlighting the role of passion in achieving collective organizational success.
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Focusing on impactful actions, envisioning the future, and emphasizing action combined with vision.
Encouraging transparency, honesty, and ethical conduct to build trust and uphold integrity.
Promoting boldness, accountability, and teamwork while fostering open communication and backing each other.
Stressing the importance of honest feedback, coaching, and empowering individuals for collective success.
Encouraging a strong connection to the organization’s future and demanding high standards of excellence.
Commitment
- 2. Make A Difference •Focus on making a difference–with your team and beyond • Don’t be afraid to Think Big • Know where you are, and know where you want to be
- 3. “Whatever you dowill be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.” –Mahatma Gandhi
- 4. Bring The VisionTo Life • Declare a future state, and manage towards it • The vision is the guiding light for decisions about time, resources, budgets
- 5. “Vision without actionis a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.” –Joel Barker
- 6. Be Authentic • Betransparent (no hidden agendas) • Own up to shortcomings • No sugar-coating
- 7. “Be what youare. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.” –Julius Charles Hare
- 8. Operate With Integrity •Be Honest • Be Ethical • Be Trustworthy
- 9. “Honesty is...conforming ourwords to reality. Integrity is conforming reality to our words.” –Stephen R. Covey
- 10. Be Bold AndCourageous • Face reality • No Excuses • No rationalizations • No easy ways out • Stay the course
- 11. “With courage youwill dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.” –Keshavan Nair
- 12. Have Each Other’sBacks • Peers are partners • No behind the back conversations • Deal with issues openly, directly, quickly
- 13. “The leaders whowork most effectively don't think ‘I.’ They think ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but ‘we’ gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.” –Peter Drucker
- 14. Communicate Openly And Honestly • Do not leave things unsaid • Raise & address any misunderstandings, rumours, gossip, that could undermine the future • Provide feedback & coaching to each other, including the CEO • Be open & willing to receive feedback, even if it’s uncomfortable
- 15. “Feedback is thebreakfast of champions.” –Ken Blanchard
- 16. Build And EmpowerLeaders • Be committed to development and growth
- 17. “An empowered organizationis one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.” –Stephen Covey
- 18. Generate Passion • Fullyidentify with the future of the organization • Demand excellence
- 19. “Nothing great inthe world has been accomplished without passion.” –Georg Wilhelm