A Leader's Checklist

•  A leader learns to use the phrases, “thank you” and “please” on his way to the top.
•  A leader is always growing.
• A leader is possessed with his dreams.
• A leader launches forth before success is certain.
• A leader is not afraid of confrontation.
• A leader talks about his own mistakes before talking about someone else’s.
• A leader is a person of honesty & integrity.
• A leader is always full of praise.
• A leader has a good name
• A leader makes others better.
• A leader is quick to praise and encourage the smallest amount of improvement.
• A leader is genuinely interest in others.
• A leader looks for opportunities to find someone doing something right.
• A leader takes others up with him.
• A leaders responds to his own failures and acknowledges them before others have to discover and reveal them.
• A leader never allows murmuring—from himself or others.
• A leader is specific in what he expects.
• A leader holds accountable those who work with him.
• A leader does what is right rather than what is popular
• A leader is a servant

--From A Season In Words: A Coaches Guide To Motivation From The Preseason To The Postseason

A Season In Words by Dan Spainhour

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