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... achieving the vision Figure 5-1 illustrates the connection of vision and values tothe bottom line President John F Kennedy expressed the vision of putting a man onthe moon One of his reasons was to ... Neil Armstrong’s historic communication from the moon to mission control Houston as the vision was achieved That adventure perfectly illustrates the power of a vision to inspire people tothe seemingly ... tower to talk with the tower operator As he entered the operator’s booth, he observed the operator straining on one of the brakes used to control switching operations The brake shuddered, seemed to...
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... call the WHAT They know WHAT to Far too many don’t really understand the HOW They don’t know HOW to get it done A ‘‘leader of the people’’ knows how to get it done This is where you want to develop ... at least one common ability: the ability to focus They are able to block out what is going on around them and concentrate fully onthe shot facing them When distracted from their focus they not ... anyway but rather begin again to set their focus and execute only when they feel right In what ranks among the greatest duels in senior golf history, Don Pooley and Tom Watson went head -to- head for...
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... justification, one is at the same time losing control of the situation (It is equivalent tothe golfer blaming the club, the caddie, or the weather The stroke, the score, still stands.) The individual ... and for personal relationships A responsible person looks into all options, examines them, and is empowered to direct the situation by choosing one The individual is strengthened, the fear of ... personnel The order was intended to supply several ships in addition tothe one that was picking it up at the shore facility The receiving ship’s supply officer, a lieutenant commander, was supervising...
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... not-so-conversational tone in which he has conducted the meeting, ‘‘Are there any questions?’’ There are none People leave the meeting and in the hallway are heard to comment, ‘‘And just how the ... Expectations perative that all players be clear about their performance expectations They need to know, and understand, the expectations They also need to know how to achieve them, how they will ... were the subject of consternation among the faculty Dr Blanchard proceeded to tell us that onthe first day of class he would hand out the final exam and clearly indicate tothe class that the exam...
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... Courage is required to address them Courage causes the real leader totheright thing when confronted by being in theright place at the wrong time or the wrong place at theright time The real leader ... for leaders to demonstrate courage in the organization environment occur virtually every day They involve the opportunity totheright thing, make theright decision They don’t make the headlines ... service to make themselves fire-proof and can coast into retirement, you’ve got to have the courage to put a stop to their behavior As William F Buckley once said onthe Larry King television show,...