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PL KEY 10:   IF YOU GOTTA EAT CROW, EAT IT WHILE IT’S STILL WARM. WHEN IT’S COLD IT’S HARD TO SWALLOW. If you have screwed up, admit it and apologize. The Chinese say when you bow, bow low. It is tough for some of us to say I made a mistake, I let you down. When it happens say it and mean it, “I’m sorry.”

Standing up for what you believe is not always easy.  Neither is taking a step back and trying to understand what others believe to be true. PL KEY 9: COURAGE IS THE FIRST VIRTUE (PLATO) If you don’t have courage you can’t live any serious values. Without courage you won’t stand up for your position much less as is sometimes necessary, stand up for your adversary. To take a stand takes courage, to be honest and tell the truth, takes courage. Push hard for what you believe; have consideration for the other guy. Balance the two – courage and consideration.

Safety is emotional and it SHOULD be emotional.  It is the Leader’s job to make sure that Safety is the number one priority on each and every project. PL KEY 9 PEOPLE CARE WHEN THEY KNOW YOU CARE

PL KEY 7: NEGOTIATION IS JUST PROBLEM SOLVING, NEVER TAKE YOUR EYE FROM THE BALL Negotiation should not be thought of as win/win, give and take or compromise, we should think of it as just problem solving. People in our business sometimes bring tactics to the table to get an advantage – focus on the problem not what the people are doing to perhaps distract your attention. Just focus on the problem.

Getting your Team’s buy-in and participation is the key to becoming successful. PL KEY 6:   INVOLVE THEM AND YOU MAY GET THEIR COMMITMENT, DON’T AND YOU NEVER WILL. People want to matter, to make a difference. They want to feel a part of a bigger undertaken. When we participate we can’t help but move toward commitment.

More than anything, we want to feel we are in control of ourselves, but we can’t do that if we feel we are in the control of our boss.  Listen to this key to help your people be all they can be. PL KEY 5: RELAX YOUR GRIP We all resist being controlled, being managed, understand that people produce most and best when they do it themselves.