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Leaders must provide Opportunities to followers…that’s an obligation of the Leadership role.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 24, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

  1. Napoleon Bonaparte is reported to have said, "Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances”. If he could do it so can we.
  2. Problems often are the seeds that grow Opportunities. So, P=2S+O
  3. Leaders are in the best position to create Opportunities

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Problems wave eagerly at us...signaling opportunities and time for action.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 24, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Some leaders take every day and situation as it comes...with a strong belief they can handle things as those things arise.

Some leaders are risk identifiers & risk managers. Problems jump out at them, waving huge flags. Sometimes the flags are red; sometimes the flags are green; always, the flags demand attention and thought.

To some degree, the differences in leaders are innate, 'natural-born' differences. To some degree, the differences are planned, developed skills & strengths.

Link to some thoughts on optimism vs pessimism.

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When business leaders can step aside, understand their challenges, and express them without bias...solutions are at hand.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 24, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

When you are in the heat of day-to-day business work, leadership work, it seems difficult to free up the time to be objective...to step aside and consider the situation in an unbiased way. Regardless, this needs to be done if challenges are to be kept in context and understood. And, these are the first steps toward taking significant business-growth steps.

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Often, the sources of problems are chameleons...appearing to be one thing while in fact being quite different things.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 24, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Wouldn't it be nice if we had X-ray vision so we could see the roots of our problems!

...and Ultrasound....and RADAR...etc.

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Solving Problems: that's the essence of growing relationships with clients and growing business.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 24, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Problems are the seeds that allow opportunities to flower. And, when problems are solved the results are things of beauty and value. And, from the customers' shoes, providing value is the only reason your business exists.

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