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I hear a lot about potential- A person has great potential; The potential for the business is incredible; That relationship has a lot of potential; His life is so full of potential
The problem with potential is that it is unrealized attainment. No one has gotten anywhere on potential. What has gotten people places is the unrelenting implementation of potential. Those who succeed are those who do something about it.
Potential keeps our boat in the dock. How do you steer a ship? Not by its rudderl. You steer a ship by getting it moving and keeping it moving. Get out of the dock and into the wide open sea of life.
Research by Cameron Anderson and Gavin Kilduff explores social status in groups. In one experiment they wanted to answer why some people become leaders in groups and others don’t. In an experiment where the group had to solve a problem, the researchers observed their behavior and monitored their conversations. Their observations yielded two surprising answers to why the leader becomes the leader of a group:
The leaders were the first ones to speak, and the dominant personalities always spoke first.
In addition, the first answer to the problem was the one the group usually went with when all was said and done. This creates a bit of challenge. The first answer isn’t always the best one, so the leader has to be humble enough to relinquish his idea. Also, there is a propensity by the leader to dominate the discussion. Good leaders, rather, will encourage facilitation. It’s the difference between monologue and dialogue.
Leadership is critical for groups to function well and good leaders will use their dominant personalities in the service of the entire group.
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