CHAPTER 6

Relax, Recharge, Refuel

You Can’t Thrive If You Are Running on Empty

There’s no getting around it. Being a leader takes a tremendous amount of energy, stamina, and focus. It’s not for the faint of heart. Remember the thousands of decisions you make each day, and the cognitive fatigue generated by all that decision-making? You will have to stay energized and clear-headed to make the kinds of decisions that help you, your team, and organization thrive.

Beyond that, you have to build stellar relationships with customers, business partners, managers and the board. You must develop a winning strategy, articulate your vision, guide the team, develop leaders, grow the business, inspire and influence your workforce. You have to navigate complexity, ...

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