CHAPTER 12

What Is Next?

Do Not Be That Guy

So that is it. Those were the 11 most common mistakes that young leaders make, and some tips to avoid them. I hope that you have seen by now that leadership is not a toolbox that can be stocked with handy gizmos, gadgets, and devices to suddenly help you fix any managerial hiccup with some sort of magical wave of this leadership tool or that. Nor is there one defining list of characteristics that one requires in order to become an impactful leader of people. Leadership is the development of an antenna to read myriad business situations and use your honed instinct, supported by your reflected values, to make an honest, transparent decision, which you believe will lead to quality.

The vast majority of ...

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