Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. | | | | | | | | | | MARCH 25, 2010 | How to Be a Changemaker | | The leadership skills that worked in the past are quickly becoming irrelevant in today's fast-paced, change-is-the-name-of-the-game world. To be effective, you need to know how to adapt to and drive change. Here are the six core skills that can turn you into a changemaker: - Bring people together who aren't connected.
- Design new business models by combining players and resources in new ways.
- Persevere with an idea until you see success.
- Don't rely on credentials, but on the power of your ideas.
- Persuade others to see the possibility of your ideas and join you in the pursuit.
- Empower others to also make change.
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