LEADERS DON’T TAKE REJECTION PERSONALLY

When your ideas are not received well by others, do your best not to take it personally. When someone in a meeting does that, it can kill the creative process, because at that point the discussion becomes about the person whose feelings are hurt. If you can stop competing and focus your energy on creating, you will open the way for the people around you to take their creativity to the next level.

Be passionate about your work and have the integrity to stand up for your ideas. Without passion, you will not be taken seriously. When the principle is involved, don’t judge. Most matters, though, involve taste or opinion, not principle. In these areas recognize that you can compromise. If you become someone who can never compromise, you will forfeit opportunities to those who can.

LET THE BEST IDEAS WIN TO HELP THE ORGANIZATION MOVE FORWARD