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One of the things that you will probably not hear in business is this idea that everything rises and falls on leadership.  Some people believe that leadership is only for a few – for the people at the top of the corporate ladder, the elite.  But when people don’t learn to lead, they are passing up wonderful opportunities.    

Your leadership skills determine the level of your success—and the success of those who work around you.  Ninety-nine percent of people want to do a good job.  How people perform is simply a reflection of the one for whom they work. 

For instance, if you are a manager or a partner and your mantra is squeaky will gets the oil and you are constantly reacting and putting out fires rather than being proactive; your staff is going to behave the same way.  The truth is, a lot of times we only work as hard as the people above us. 

Another way to put this is if you are a 6 on a 10 scale, 8’s are not going to hang around you.  People naturally follow people stronger than themselves.  Some of you may be wondering why you can’t keep a great staff.  If you are the leader and you are a 6, 8’s do not follows 6’s, 9’s do not and certainly 10’s do not follow 6’s.  A 3 will follow a 6 but there is only so much a 3 can give.

Another example of the principle that everything rises and falls on leadership is sports teams.  If a team is not doing consistently well, what happens?  They fire all of the coaches and get all new ones.  That is, they get new leaders.  And that is because everything rises and falls on leadership.  

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