Honoré’s Leadership Lessons

The Center for Creative Leadership discusses the leadership lessons from Lieutenant General Russel Honoré. General Honoré has learned his lessons in leadership over a 35-year career in the U.S. Army.

Honoré’s Leadership Lessons

Take it from the General. Here are a few of his guiding truths of leadership:

• In crisis, the first report is usually wrong.
• Have the ability to listen to bad news.
• The real art of leadership is getting people to willingly follow you.
• Think about who else needs to know? Collaborate, communicate.
• What you say and what you do have to match.
• Leaders can’t just be observers; they must be players.
• Your people are #1.
• Be a lifetime learner.
• Be wary of quicker, faster, cheaper—it isn’t always better.

Taking time to learn the leadership lessons from those who have walked a path different than ourselves always provides interesting insghts….. Salute, General Russel Honoré!

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