Part 6. COMMITMENT TO SUCCESS

The last major section of the book could easily have been the first. As a leader, you are in the business of creating success. You do your work to create something that didn't exist before. That is true for the famous visionary leaders, and it is just as true for you.

Success for you and your team may be defined by more loyal customers, creating new products, getting packages delivered on time, teaching students, healing the sick, or a thousand other things. Regardless of your business, as a leader you are in the success business.

If you are in the success business, your first order of business must be goals. Goals define what success looks like. And although there are thousands of resources available to you on goal ...

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