“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”
Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric
A large part of your job as a leader is to grow your replacement. No matter how fantastic a leader you are, you will eventually be replaced. You may retire, move to a different job, get fired, get promoted…but you will not be the leader of your organization forever. Someone will replace you.
I used to work for a 4-star general who spent the first two to three hours of every day growing new leaders. … Read the rest
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