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Unlock Talent around You

A good leader gets great results from great people. A great leader gets great results from ordinary people.

—Charles O’Reilly, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Great leaders tailor how they connect to and unlock skills and followership in their stakeholders. It’s not easy, or everyone would be a great leader. Remember that in the survey where one thousand CEOs were asked about the most frequent feedback they received, the number one response was that they needed to work on how they related to others.1 Only 46 percent said they were fully aligned with their executive team, and fewer said they were with their board. Thus, a core development goal for most leaders is to learn to relate authentically and skillfully, ...

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