With a desire to become an Extraordinary Leader, I commit to:

• Continually pursue personal and professional growth
• Treating everyone I come in contact with the dignity and respect they deserve
• Finding the way for as many people as possible to benefit from my decisions and actions
• Be willing to make and carry out hard decisions without regard to personal expediency
• Tell the truth and be honest, regardless of potential personal loss
• Think “team” first
• Finding a person who can mentor me
  
• Finding at least one person I can personally mentor 
• Help others discover their strengths and function in them
• Maintain my priorities and organize my life and work according to them 
• Live a life of balance between work, family, and leisure 
• Pursue balanced growth in body, soul and spirit – understanding that each area affects the others innately
  
• Pursue what is best – for myself, my organization, and for others – and not settle for that which is simply “good enough” 
• Do work and live a life that leaves behind a lasting legacy of excellence
  
• Build a team to surround me in order to enhance my strengths and make up for my weaknesses 
• Surround myself with people who will tell me the truth and not just what they think I want to hear
• Become a great listener
  
• Be an Extraordinary Follower of those who are my leaders 
• Help others develop their skills 
• Dream big dreams and encourage others to do the same
  
• Stretch my followers enough to make them grow but not so much as to discourage them
  
• Be driven by vision, mission and purpose, not by circumstances or expediency 
• View the world through optimistic eyes 
• Embrace the concept of change as a positive force for improvement 
• Be responsible in my actions as they relate to my commitments to myself and others 
• Be tenacious in my pursuits
  
• Give more than I receive and to be characterized by generosity 
• Show courage in the face of challenge 
• Be an example of dedication and commitment 
• Share the privileges of leadership with those who follow me
  
• Give power away to those who can share in it responsibly and help the organization
  
• Use both my head and my heart when leading
  
• Manage my time according to my priorities
  
• Be the first to sacrifice when sacrifice is needed
  
• Make all short-term decisions with the long-term goals in mind 
• Develop a successor
  
• Develop excellent communication skills
  
• Use a variety of means of influence 
• Be the primary strategy setter for the organization 
• Teach others
• Inspire others 
• Keep my eye on the big picture 
• Making the complex simple 
• Motivate others
• Consider others as important as myself
  
• Identify future leaders
  
• Train and develop future leaders
  
• Regularly reward accomplishment 
• Allow followers to fail in their attempts at growth and innovation 
• Work leadership development into every level of the organization
  
• Have a clear vision 
• Remain calm in difficult situations
  
• Keep a sense of humor
  
• Remove people from their position as soon as I know they need to go 
• Empathize with others 
• The highest level of personal and corporate integrity