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“There are two ways you can look at leadership and the concept of getting ahead. Leaders want to get ahead of the power curve to make sure that everything is planned, covered, and dress-right-dress in order to be effective. There is nothing wrong with that approach to getting ahead. True leadership in my opinion is working with your people and not getting too far ahead so that you lose sight of your team and the challenges they are dealing with. You build confidence and trust by leading by example and sharing in the success and failures right in lock step alongside your team.” — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs