You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader. – Henry Ford
Well, leadership requires a great many things as it happens.
But one thing not required is a title, or a “leadership position.”
Anyone can lead. They may not be “in charge,” but anyone can step up and make things better, help alleviate fears, encourage others and be an example of what to do.
Will you step up?
I was reading a recent AdvantEdge newsletter from Nightingale Conant and wanted to excerpt a paragraph from something Zig Ziglar wrote about discipline: Stay Disciplined in your Approach In today’s social climate, many people look with disfavor on the word discipline because they simply do not understand that discipline means “to instruct or educate, to…
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