4 Truths of Great Leadership

David Maister offers up Sad Truths for Leaders. It’s an interesting title for his post because we can’t be sure if he’s demoralized as a leader, and saying, “Leaders: Realize this is the sad truth of things,” or if he’s saying, “You’re a crappy leader if you don’t realize these things.”
Here are David’s 4 sad truths:

Those you lead will never have a longer-term horizon than you do
Those you lead will never operate to higher standards than you do
Those you lead will never be more optimistic than you are
Those you lead will never live the vision if you don’t

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