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Summary of Dare to Lead 

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Do you wish to understand how great leaders operate? Have you been assigned a role that requires leading others? Do you need a guide to set things right for you and your team? If the answer is yes, then this summary is the right one for you. Brené Brown Ph.D. is a research professor and renowned public speaker who has carefully outlined the best leadership practices. The practical examples in this bite-sized summary will uncover the opposing qualities of a daring leader and an armored one. You will also find wisdom doses that will take you and your team from the ground tier to a higher level of well-defined success. “I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes.” ~ Brené Brown, Ph.D.

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first key point

Effective leadership means cutting down the distance between the team and the leader

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Every human reacts and responds differently to situations. That's why occasionally, we might act negatively without meaning to do so, and these different reactions often affect us at work, for instance, how we choose goals and deadlines and how we go about our workday.

Far too many leaders set unrealistic deadlines for their team members, often motivated by a need to get something done quickly or the leader's personal ambitions.

But the main problem is that the team doesn't know about any of that; they simply see the deadline and how difficult it is to achieve and then see a poor leader who can't be pleased.

It’s also possible that setting these deadlines might be something you do out of fear or worry that your leadership skills are lacking.
Courage pushes agood leader to succeed. So, they should believe in themselves; fear will not help!
A team should have a shared understanding of all the work to be done, and it will achieve this understanding via effective communication processes. For example, the leadership team working with Dr. Brené Brown decided that each person needed to take notes during meetings and work together on estimating deadlines. When they did this, they were able to communicate effectively and see where others needed help.

The binary thinking pattern which often surfaces in organizations is dangerous because it does not maximize people’s full potential. Examples of such binary thinking include:
• Operations versus marketing
• Finance versus creative
• Spenders versus savers
• The heart versus the analytics
• The dreamer versus the stick–in–the–muds

When we tag people with stereotypes or just one quality, it limits their ability to explore and expand. But people are capable of different things, and this summary shows how that knowledge can be useful to you. The following chapters will help clarify the different types of leadership and how you can stand out.
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Leadership requires power and wisdom to serve others

Colonel Halfhill, the director of innovation, analysis, and leadership development for Air Force Global Strike Command, explained that one of the most helpful things she learned from Dr. Brené Brown is the importance of using the correct language to talk about hard things and tackle tough subjects. She discussed it with some of her staff and realized that a problem presenting itself as tiredness was actually loneliness.
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Exposing the heart to empathy is a sign of strength rather than weakness

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Leaders need to understand and hone empathetic skills through constant practice

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Leaders need to cultivate requisite skills through disciplined practice

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Identifying your core values and transforming them into behavior will have a great effect on your leadership

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True self–trust reflects in your ability to trust others and not betray their trust when they reciprocate it

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Applying courage and faith to leadership challenges

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