YouTube monologue (uploaded by Paul Barnhurst) in which Len argues that a real leader takes responsibility for any team failures and credits the team for successes; this approach fosters loyalty and motivates team members.
If you want to be that leader, regardless of whether or not it was your fault, if you're leading the team, it's your fault. You got to own that. My leadership philosophy, I want my team to get out there and I want everyone to see nothing but success. And if there's any failure, it's on me. If it's success, it's because of my team. And that's kind of my mentality. And not only has that helped me with my own team, because they feel like Len's got my back on this and I get a little more loyalty from them, but they want to work harder because of that and they want to make sure they're not going to make mistakes because they feel bad if I'm taking the hit for their mistake.
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