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Principles of Leadership

Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense explaining that 9/11 would have been much worse if the terrrorists could have figured how to kill more Americans.

 

England's 15 principles of leadership…

 

1)provide an environment for everyone to excel

2)Treat every person with dignity and respect

3)Be forthright, honest and direct with every person in every circumstance

4)Improve effectiveness to gain efficiency

5)Cherish your time and the time of others

6)Identify the critical problems

7)Describe complex problems simply

8)Never stop learning

9)Encourage constructive criticism

10)Surround yourself with great people and delegate to them full authority and responsibility

11)Make ethical standards more important then legal requirements

12)Strive for team based wins

13)Emphasize capability – not organization

14)Incorporate measures and metrics everywhere

15)Concentrate on core functions and outsource all others

 

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Uploaded on May 16, 2008
Taken on May 7, 2008