A superior leader is a person who can bringordinary people together

to achieve extraordinary results.

This isn’t just true for

leaders.It’s true for everyone.

Can you recognize the

look in someone’s

eyes that says talent is

burning inside?

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Can you see that – together - each of their strengths add up to an amazing combination?

Here are four ways to bring

out the best in others…

1Really

payattention

What are others not

saying?

What does body language tell you?

Have you developed the patience to devote your full attention to others?

2Magnify

the quietestvoices

Do you have a strategy for bringing out the insights some people are reluctant to share?

Make it easier for people to stay in their comfort zone but still contribute.

3

Mixthings

up

Add an artist to the programming team

Put a 60-year-old on a team with 23-year-olds

Get a writer to draw

The best ideas come from unique combinations

4Look past your own

biases

SHY

INTELLECTUAL

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Involve others in a meaningful way, and then watch them blossom

Spectacular progress requires disparateideas and talent to come together in

unprecedented ways

Cultivate talent in others, even if you are not “the boss”

Make others feel good about themselves

All images were created by Logan Campbell for his 100 Strangers project on Flickr.

Logan is colinlogan on Flickr.

Created by Bruce Kasanoff, based on his LinkedIn article of the same title.