CHAPTER 3
Before You Begin
PRACTICING ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP is difficult on the one hand and profoundly meaningful on the other; it is not something you should enter into casually. Here are four tips to consider before you step out there.
Don’t Do It Alone
Sounds easy and obvious, but we have seen over and over again how people who are trying to do the right thing end up out on a limb all alone. It is not only lonely out there; it is dangerous. Those who see your good works as a threat will find you a much easier target if you are out there by yourself.
If the peril is so obvious, why do so many people end up going it alone? Three reasons: first, their opponents will do whatever it takes to make them vulnerable. For example, they might say ...
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