Gerald Heralds

Are you leading now?

by Gerald on March 13, 2009

“Everyone now is also a leader”

That’s what caught my attention when I read Seth Godin’s latest books ‘Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us’. It’s a powerful statement, which I always believe and try to cultivate it in any team that I lead.
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