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Address the Elephant in the Room

“Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• Are you afraid to address failures? Conflicts in your team? Rumors?

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Look Past the Résumé

• On paper, Professor Lockhart looked great: – Order of Merlin, Third Class

– Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defence League

– Author of Many Books on Encounters with Dark Creatures

• Are you asking the right questions to get beyond the veneer to the true talents?

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Communication is Critical

“I must ask you, Harry, whether there is anything you’d like to tell me. Anything at all...”

“No,” said Harry. “There isn’t anything, Professor.” – Dumbledore and Potter, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• Are there any nagging questions that you haven’t asked? Any gut feelings unexplored? Are you afraid to ask for help?

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Avoid Black Boxes

“Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.”

– Arthur Weasley, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• Am I blindly accepting answers without understanding the calculations?

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Treat Everyone with Respect

“If you want to know what a man is like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

– Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

• Do I value the opinions of others regardless of their job title or the institution on their diploma? Do backgrounds or mannerisms make me uncomfortable?

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Avoid the Normalcy Bias “See here, Dumbledore,” said Fudge, “you can’t seriously

believe that You-Know-Who (is) back? Come now...”

“If your determination to shut your eyes will carry you as far as this, Cornelius, we have reached a parting of the ways. You must act as you see fit and I shall act as I see fit...” – Cornelius Fudge/Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

• Are you open-minded enough to think outside the box, be it positive or negative?

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Admit When You are Wrong

• Harry has plenty of reasons to hate Severus Snape, but in the end, he gains new information that leads him to name his second child Albus Severus Potter.

• Are you willing to reverse course in a public way when you have misjudged or wronged someone?

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Priorities “You know, the Stone was really not such a wonderful thing.

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all – the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

• Are you able to give up what others think is most important to pursue what truly makes life worthwhile?

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Sacrifice

“Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” – Jesus, John 15:13

• True love is verified by sacrifice – the unconditional giving of oneself for another.

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