When your team questions your ...

When your team questions your competence, your ability to influence is shot.
When your team questions your competence, your ability to influence is shot.
 John Fairclough

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One of the most wonderful things you can do in this world is forgive others. We are designed to have flaws and make mistakes. If we emulate God, we are led to forgive. Giving someone the ability to recapture their dignity can transform lives. Do it often.
 John Fairclough
The role of a leader is to serve his people. We absolutely must first serve the people who we want to lead. They must be able to rely on the leader as much as we hope to rely on them.
 John Fairclough
When your team questions your motives and methods, you have lost their trust and you will not be able to influence them.
 John Fairclough
I'm the CEO. My job is to get out of the way. I work with smart people and trust they can accomplish their goals. So I make sure to focus on removing roadblocks for them and then resume getting out of their way.
 John Fairclough
The clearer you are about why you want to accomplish a goal, the easier it will be to figure how to accomplish it.
 John Fairclough