

People don’t have to think like you do to be successful. People understand that your words are truth.People have to know you have their backs.People don’t have to think like you do to be successful.To be there, to step up, to be the hero, you must understand three things: Your people need to know you will be there when they need you. How often do you have an opportunity, in the working world, to be a villain or a hero? So often, I can’t even tell you. What would you do? Who would you be? The hero, stepping up to confront a problem, or the debonair captain hiding under the blanket, escaping the scene in a lifeboat? Later, he jumped ship, in violation of every captain’s code of ethics. Captain Francesco Schettino caused the disaster when he turned off the ‘auto-pilot’ on a huge passenger ship and cruised too close to shore, showing off for a colleague. The villain is good-looking, he’s confident and he’s quite likable. When he noticed the captain leaving on a lifeboat, he stopped him and turned him back. De Falco is a quiet guy who doesn’t like confrontation. The hero is Coast Guard Captain Gregorio De Falco. The two men handle this situation in completely different ways.

There is a leadership story behind the headlines, one I’d like to share with you. An Italian cruise ships runs up on a reef.
