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25 08 2008

Leadership wisdom: Be gracious and ruthless

Posted by: Phil Dourado in bad leadership, Rules for success, Motivation, What great leaders do, Personal leadership, How to lead in a downturn

“Be gracious with people and ruthless with time.”

- Martin Addison, MD, Video Arts, in the FT

A nice reminder of what a leader’s approach should be, in contrast with the mindset a lot of leaders fall into in a downturn: time to be ruthless with people to show how strong you are as a leader. You need to rethink that one if that’s the mindset you are in at the moment.

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