Essential Leaderships Skills: Practice what you preach and you will reap what you sow

When it comes to motivating employees, the book by Jason Jennings entitled "Hit the Ground Running" has 10 'rules' for successful leaders, in it he says:

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1. Practice the golden rule in everything you do - you will reap exactly what you sow
2. Gain the belief of everyone around you instead of demanding of expecting respect.
3. Ask everyone around for help; don’t pretend to have all the answers or the plan. Remember what happened to Carly Fiorina at HP. On her first day she announced to the company that she had the plan and strategy for HP. Everyone felt left out, came to hate her and her regal ways and during her reign she halved the companies value.
4. Work ruthlessly to simplify everything instead of making it more complicated.
5. Make sure that everyone in the company knows the strategy and their role in its achievement.
6. Cultivate a fierce sense of urgency in everyone because either things aren’t going well and you need to fix them fast or things are going well but the world (and your circumstances) are going to change and you need to be ready.

If we need to motivate employees, motivate others, or just ourselves, if we use these "rules" we can improve morale, improve our business and improve ourselves.