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Prioritize. Make tough choices. Be selective. These are some things that leaders often are called upon to do. This approach, however, can create a tendency at times for leaders to get locked into a pattern of exclusion. When most people think of priorities, they think of this or that. They think about which choice they will make, and as a result, what will go undone. Prioritization is often associated with making sacrifices and only being able to do some of the really good things we would like to do.

While this is a great practice and requires the skill of discernment, it can become, like anything else, an overused approach to leadership. Real leadership always considers how thoughts engage other people and how we create a consciousness for success among groups of people.

The other way to think of these things is in an “and” world. How do I create more market share and drive down costs? This is at one level, but I think that all of us need to consider some far more important and questions.

I once worked with the CEO of an environmental science group. He made this statement: “We would like to be able to make all the power we want and have healthy fish populations.” That really stuck with me. I think about that often. How do we have plenty of energy and a clean planet for future generations? How do we create solid, healthy communities and create global awareness? How do we create lives that enjoy the abundance of this earth and preserve it for future generations?

Each of us, in all of our individual endeavors, needs to consider the important ands of our businesses. As our global connectivity increases, there is no more hiding in one corner of the world. We are an interconnected globe, and we all need to learn to act as such. The ability to understand, identify, and relate to multiple stakeholder groups and maintain these multiple perspectives is one of the most important ands we can have for our world.