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What does it mean?
True leadership involves independence from specific groups while serving the whole.
In plain terms
I belong to no group but to everyone.
What can you take from it?
Lead by serving all, not one group.

Where it applies

  • political campaigns
  • public service
  • organizational leadership

Putting it to work

  • avoid partisan capture
  • serve diverse stakeholders

Questions to consider

  • Who do you truly represent?

Another view

It is impossible to truly belong to everyone.

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