Exercising leadership is an ...

Exercising leadership is an expression of your aliveness... But when you cover yourself up, you risk losing something as well. In the struggle to save yourself, you can give up too many of those qualities that are the essence of being alive, like innocence, curiosity, and compassion.
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 Ronald A. Heifetz

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The improvisational ability to lead adaptively relies on responding to the present situation rather than importing the past into the present and laying it on the current situation like an imperfect template.
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But to practice leadership, you need to accept that you are in the business of generating chaos, confusion, and conflict
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Knowing how the environment is pulling your strings and playing you is critical to making responsive rather than reactive moves.
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Stay diagnostic even as you take action.
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 Ronald A. Heifetz