Someone was recently telling me how inspirational he is to his team - apparently he mistook whether that was a good thing or bad. Turns out - they were inspired to keep him busy so he stayed out of their hair! The morale of the story - we all think we're inspirational, a great leader, know what's right, etc.. If we didn't, we'd act differently. It's a true leader who listens to the real message and recognizes what they aren't. . Colleen Ferrary Bader
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I am a firm believer in the idea of a good leader being a true listener. A true listener is a positive person who will listen to what others have to say and then take those words into consideration. In the case of the quote above, it is an example of a leader who was unaware that he was inspiring himself as well as his team. He was lacking the ability to recognize his own leadership skills and acknowledged those around him as leaders as well as himself.

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