1. Identify objectives

It's hard to be a great leader if you don't take care of your mind and body. If your team doesn't know its ultimate goal, or if it doesn't have a good understanding of the plan to get there, or if it doesn't appreciate how its personal contributions are vital, you're probably doing something wrong as a leader.

This is a universal leadership principle.

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If you're telling your team members that they have to work weekends or tightening your department's budget, you'd better be willing to share the pain. As a leader, you don't just set a goal, devise a plan, give an order, and sit back. Instead, it's up to you to check progress continually.

If things aren't working, figure out why, and make a change. You've probably heard the Albert Einstein quote: Insanity is " doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. If your team makes a mistake, as a leader it's your mistake. The buck stops with you.

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Take responsibility, and embrace it. You can't possibly check everything, so instead, create a culture that suggests you could wind up checking just about anything. Your team members--whether they are soldiers or the staff of a marketing department--will take their cues from you.

Great leaders know this, so they're always on the lookout for opportunities to offer words of praise and encouragement. The caveat is that these have to be sincere remarks, which in turn means you have to know your people well and care about them.

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This came home to me when I was in Iraq as a reporter, and I wanted to interview a high-ranking officer, only to be told that he had gone home on leave--basically the military word for vacation. I'm sorry, a general on vacation in the middle of a war? The theory was that if the top commanders didn't take leave, then nobody below them would, either. You need time away from your work and your team in order to see things clearly and lead better.


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They choose to come early to workouts, go at game speed during practice, push through the fatigue and finish drills, touch all the lines in conditioning, eat healthy food, and get enough rest to be at their best. Responsible Athletes realize that all these helpful choices eventually sets them up for success and ultimately benefits the team.

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Responsible Athletes also intentionally minimize the hurtful choices they could make. They avoid doing things that hurt themselves and the team like eating junk food, taking plays off, skipping reps in the weight room, playing on their phone instead of doing homework, using alcohol and other drugs, and pulling all-nighters. By consciously and consistently making all of these helpful choices and minimizing hurtful choices, they maximize their chances of success. Responsible Athletes take charge of their training and preparation, and thus put themselves and their team in a position to be successful.

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Responsible Athletes do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and how it needs to be done. Coaches constantly have to watch over and hound irresponsible athletes to take care of basic responsibilities. Instead, think of the aggravation, time, and money that could be saved if athletes learned to take responsibility for themselves…. About Why Work with Us? I am so happy that I had the opportunity to review this book as I know it is something that will not only impact how I raise my child, but also how I interact with everyone that touches my life!

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