A superior leader brings ordinary people together to achieve extraordinary results by recognizing each person's talents and strengths. The document provides four ways for a leader to bring out the best in others: 1) Really paying attention to what others say and their body language. 2) Magnifying quiet voices and making people comfortable contributing. 3) Mixing up teams with diverse people. 4) Looking past biases to involve others meaningfully and help them develop their talents.

2. A superior leader is a person who can bring
ordinary people together
to achieve extraordinary results.

3. This isn’t
just true for
leaders.
It’s true for
everyone.

4. Can you
recognize the
look in
someone’s
eyes that says
talent is
burning inside?

5. Creativity
Intelligence
Drive
Can you see that – together - each of their
strengths add up to an amazing combination?

6. Here are four
ways to bring
out the best
in others…

7. 1
Really
pay
attention

8. What are
others not
saying?

9. What
does
body
language
tell you?

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

11. 2
Magnify
the
quietest
voices

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

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

14. 3
Mix
things
up

15. Add an artist
to the
programming
team

16. Put a 60-yearold on a team
with 23-yearolds

17. Get a writer
to draw

18. The best ideas
come from
unique
combinations

19. 4
Look past
your own
biases

20. SHY

21. INTELLECTUAL

22. VIOLIN
PLAYER

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

24. Spectacular progress requires disparate
ideas and talent to come together in
unprecedented ways

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

26. Make others feel good about themselves

27. Created by Bruce Kasanoff, based on his
LinkedIn article of the same title.
All images were created by Logan Campbell
for his 100 Strangers project on Flickr.
Logan is colinlogan on Flickr.