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Admiral Linda Fagan on servant leadership

Worklife with Adam Grant

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Creating Opportunity for Good and Bad News, Promoting Leaders, and Feedback Loops

Creating opportunity for bad news to come up as quickly as good news. Promotion of leaders is based on adherence to core values such as honor, respect, and devotion to duty. Leaders who do not abide by these core values are quickly removed. A key criterion for promotion is whether the leader is someone you would want your own child to work for. Implementation of anonymous 360 degree reviews to gather feedback from subordinates about a leader's performance. Feedback loops are important to address any unattractive tendencies in leaders and to prevent abuse of power. Values should be prioritized over skills when promoting leaders, as principles and integrity are crucial to mitigate risk and protect the organization's reputation.

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