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The Best Leaders Do These 5 Things Every Day Being a leader requires work every single day if you want to be great at it. Here are some things the best leaders do in order to inspire and empower those around them.

By Heather R. Huhman

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"Who got caught being awesome?" That's the question Alex Charfen, CEO of Austin, Texas-based training and business consultancy Charfen, asks his employees every morning at 9:17 a.m., during their daily huddle.

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