How to Exercise Duty - Leading in Your Twenties Series
Reliable, Initiative, Proactive, Accountable, Low Maintenance, Easy to work with, a "Go to" person, a Leader. These are the words and phrases people will use to describe you if you make it a habit to exercise Duty.
This is a teammate everyone wants. This is a friend everyone wants. This is your company's next generation of leaders. The question is: "Is this person you?"
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Unfortunately, when you don't exercise Duty, it becomes a habit. Others will see you as being unreliable. They will find ways to exclude you from groups or projects. At best, they will include you begrudgingly.
That is not a person people will be getting in line to follow.