CHAPTER 7Perfect Phrases to Develop Leadership Language

A Dynamic Leader both speaks and empowers others to speak as leaders. There’s a saying that if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it probably is a duck. If you walk like a Dynamic Leader and talk like a Dynamic Leader, people regard you as a Dynamic Leader. And if you don’t, they won’t. May the walk precede the talk.

The phrases in this chapter develop language habits that demonstrate Dynamic Leadership. They empower our own words as we empower emerging leaders.

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