There is nothing more likely to lead to failure, under-achievement and demotivation than leaders who constantly spend their time and energy talking their organisations down and/or moaning about the unfairness of the position in which they and organisations find themselves and how difficult it is going to be address their problems.
Sadly, in contemporary local government, I come across too many pessimists and too few optimists.
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