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MAKE THE GRADE
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
—LEONARDO DA VINCI
When you raise your hand and step into the role of “the leader,” you are making the choice (whether you are conscious of it or not) to be responsible for the results of your team. After embedding himself with New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team for a period of time, author James Kerr described to me the role of the leader as the person who “is responsible for the result, whatever that result is. And that sense of personal responsibility and ownership and accountability for that result—whichever way it goes: responsible if there’s a win, but also equally responsible ...
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