In order to improve how we perform in business we need to grow as business people.

In order to grow as business people we need support: mentoring, guidance, education...in a word - leadership.

People double their performance when they are in a supportive atmosphere.

It has taken some time for me to learn this lesson…and, from time to time, I still slip up. It seems some of us were not born to be nurturing, empathetic, or patient. And some of us struggle with people-differences and relationships.

Some of us will do much better as leaders if we recognize we need to make a major adjustment to our character. I was one of those people. I have worked at adjusting my character over the last 10 years.

And, I have seen proof that support from the leader is an essential ingredient for positive change. The keys to positive change are talents and strengths.

Every person has Talents…it takes time, effort, and expertise to find Talents and turn them into Strengths.

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 "All the leaders I've met, worked with, and read about have had one thing in common. Along the way to becoming practitioners and masters of leadership, they transformed their character."

Joe MacInnis

'Deep Leadership', (2012)