A superior leader is a person who can bringordinary people together
to achieve extraordinary results.
This isn’t just true for
leaders.It’s true for everyone.
Can you recognize the
look in someone’s
eyes that says talent is
burning inside?
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Can you see that – together - each of their strengths add up to an amazing combination?
Here are four ways to bring
out the best in others…
1Really
payattention
What are others not
saying?
What does body language tell you?
Have you developed the patience to devote your full attention to others?
2Magnify
the quietestvoices
Do you have a strategy for bringing out the insights some people are reluctant to share?
Make it easier for people to stay in their comfort zone but still contribute.
3
Mixthings
up
Add an artist to the programming team
Put a 60-year-old on a team with 23-year-olds
Get a writer to draw
The best ideas come from unique combinations
4Look past your own
biases
SHY
INTELLECTUAL
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Involve others in a meaningful way, and then watch them blossom
Spectacular progress requires disparateideas and talent to come together in
unprecedented ways
Cultivate talent in others, even if you are not “the boss”
Make others feel good about themselves
All images were created by Logan Campbell for his 100 Strangers project on Flickr.
Logan is colinlogan on Flickr.
Created by Bruce Kasanoff, based on his LinkedIn article of the same title.
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