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Cultures of Leadership Imagine you gathered every one of your employees in a room, stood up and asked them, “by show of hands, how many of you in this room are comfortable with calling yourself a leader?” How many hands do you think would shoot up? Unfortunately, whatever number you’ve got in your head…it’s probably lower. Significantly lower. That’s not intended to belittle your employees or your personal leadership. It’s based on ten years of actually asking that question. I’ve posed it to over 1,000 different audiences around the world. They’ve represented a wide variety of ages, background, and industries. They’ve been comprised of all kinds of different roles and responsibilities: front-line service workers, middle management, and senior executives.

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