If we want to become an exemplary leader, we have special responsibilities to our teams that are experiencing failure.

While new leaders and teams need the opportunity to fail we need to encourage them to bring us along so we can help steady them as they are learning or even help prevent a disaster.

Leaders we want to follow are easy to spot because they have their tag showing. We clearly know where they are going, what they are good at, and what they value.

When you know your center we begin the journey to become a leader others want to follow.

The power of resilience resides in the heart of each of us and is the the inner strength that can overcome challenging obstacles that life presents.

As leaders that look to earn followership, we should find ways to show kindness to people going through tough periods.

Leaders must pay close attention to their teams so we don't over-expose them to more they can bare or we risk damaging them for future assignments.

A true leader has to tell their team "no" to good things in order to achieve greatness because we know that the truly great ideas come from the sacrifice of good ones.

We should thoughtful plan out change for our teams. When they have become "high performing" it is our responsibility to ensure that any change we introduce is absolutely necessary towards achieving the mission.