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Often the key to understanding an individual and the key to knowing where to place him or her on your team is to learn something about the person’s various experiences. Each person you meet is a product of their life experiences. This last point is the most vague, but it’s important to mention. E-Experiences: Note that Leman doesn’t use the word experience, but experiences.P-Personality: Change has become more and more part of everyday life, so be very careful about hiring anyone who has a low tolerance for change.One person’s bad attitude can spread like a cancer through an entire office. If you compromise with negative people for the sake of their abilities, your other people will learn their bad habits. People with negative attitudes can’t help but stir the pot. The price you pay for their performance is constant agitation. Star performers with an attitude put a constant drag on everyone else. (Check out my post entitled “ Are you a lone ranger leader?”) You can’t teach them a thing. People with negative attitudes tend to be lone rangers. For another, they usually have a teachable spirit. People with a good attitude are usually team players. Given a choice between talent and attitude, take attitude every time. A-Attitude: You want positive, can-do people.H-Heart: While your strengths reflect your abilities, your heart reflects your passion.
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#The way of the shepherd how to
If you want to be successful, learn how to shepherd people. So if you want to learn to be a great leader, learn the Way of the Shepherd. You won’t be promoted into an area where you’ll oversee more people until you do well with the nine you already have. To be a successful leader, start with a “flock” of nine people and interact with them in much the same way that a shepherd interacts with his sheep. Keep your eyes and ears open, question, and follow through.Get to know your flock, one sheep at a time.Follow the status of your people as well as the status of the work.Click here to return to Blog Post Intro #1: Know the Condition of Your Flock THE WAY OF THE SHEPHERD