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Gifford Thomas

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Born

in Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago

February 07, 1978

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https://www.leadershipfirst.net/

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I am the founder of Leadership First and the author of The Inspirational Leader, Inspire Your Team To Believe In The Impossible. At Leadership First, we are committed to publishing the very best inspirational leadership quotes and articles to inspire our 1.4M+ community of leaders every day to believe in the impossible and inspiring leaders to create an environment free from toxic, fearful and intimidating practices. We believe everyone can and should enjoy their work, but it must start with the leadership leading by example to inspire their people to become the very best version of themselves.

I am a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, a Council member with GLG, an advisor with visaQ Inc out of Japan, and one of the lead ...more

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In the relentless pursuit of professional excellence, we have been conditioned to believe in a specific meritocratic formula: Skill + Effort = Success. We obsess over "upskilling." We chase the next certification, refine our emotional intelligence, and commit to being the first person in the office and the last to leave. We are told that if we simply become "better," the rewards—recognition, promo Read more of this blog post »

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Life Lessons : A Purpose Driven Leadership Journey

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“Establishing a compelling direction, a vision for the future, and the strategies for how to get there. ● Aligning people, communicating the direction, building shared understanding, getting people to believe in the vision, and persuading and influencing people to follow that vision. ● Motivating and inspiring people to enact the kind of change that you have articulated.”
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“The renowned leadership expert Warren Bennis, who authored 30 leadership books, including one of my favorites, On Becoming a Leader, indicated that: “a leader is not simply someone who experiences the personal exhilaration of being in charge. Instead, a leader is someone whose actions have the most profound consequences on other people’s lives, for better or for worse, sometimes forever and ever.”
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“Unfortunately, if you fear failure as a leader, your comfort zone will give you all the reasons to settle for a life far below your God-given potential.”
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