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How Flat Should Your Organization Be?

Organizations of every kind get things done by assigning specific roles and responsibilities to specific people. In order to ensure that team members know what is expected of them and are held accountable for results, organizations create layers of hierarchy.

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Why Some People are Clutch

When we think of a clutch performance, we often imagine a sports setting where an athlete shows up well under extreme pressure. But clutch performance isn’t reserved for sports. It occurs in organizations and teams as well.

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Team Members Who See their Role as Just a Job

Team members who view their work and role as a job operate very differently from those who see their current position as a stepping stone in a career. Career-minded team members invest more emotional energy in their work, develop their skills more aggressively, engage with work and colleagues more actively, and take more pride in their accomplishments.

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Inspiring others is among the highest callings of great leaders. But could there be anything you don’t know, you haven’t heard, about how to motivate and inspire?

Could there really be a universal principle that the best leaders follow? A framework that you could follow too?

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Everyone who signs up for Admired Leadership Field Notes will get instant access to our special guide that describes a powerful idea we call Fanness™ (including a special 20-minute video that really brings this idea to life).

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