Empowering Leadership

by Larry W. Dennis

Key Take Aways

15 Leadership Principles

1) Lead from high ideals

2) Take a genuine interest in other people

3) Don’t complain, criticize, or condemn

4) Provide acknowledgment

5) See from the other person’s point of view

6) Be an active listener

7) Play yourself down

8) Validate the other person’s ideas

9) Dramatize your ideas

10) Stimulate competition

11) When you blow it, show it

12) Avoid dogmatic declarations

13) Avoid arguments

14) Begin with yes, yes…

15) Appeal to the other person’s noble motives