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Address the Elephant in the Room

Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself. Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Are you afraid to address failures? Conflicts in your team? Rumors?

Look Past the Rsum

On paper, Professor Lockhart looked great: Order of Merlin, Third Class

Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defence League

Author of Many Books on Encounters with Dark Creatures

Are you asking the right questions to get beyond the veneer to the true talents?

Communication is Critical

I must ask you, Harry, whether there is anything youd like to tell me. Anything at all...

No, said Harry. There isnt anything, Professor. Dumbledore and Potter, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Are there any nagging questions that you havent asked? Any gut feelings unexplored? Are you afraid to ask for help?

Avoid Black Boxes

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you cant see where it keeps its brain.

Arthur Weasley, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Am I blindly accepting answers without understanding the calculations?

Treat Everyone with Respect

If you want to know what a man is like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Do I value the opinions of others regardless of their job title or the institution on their diploma? Do backgrounds or mannerisms make me uncomfortable?

Avoid the Normalcy Bias See here, Dumbledore, said Fudge, you cant seriously

believe that You-Know-Who (is) back? Come now...

If your determination to shut your eyes will carry you as far as this, Cornelius, we have reached a parting of the ways. You must act as you see fit and I shall act as I see fit... Cornelius Fudge/Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Are you open-minded enough to think outside the box, be it positive or negative?

Admit When You are Wrong

Harry has plenty of reasons to hate Severus Snape, but in the end, he gains new information that leads him to name his second child Albus Severus Potter.

Are you willing to reverse course in a public way when you have misjudged or wronged someone?

Priorities You know, the Stone was really not such a wonderful thing.

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them. Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

Are you able to give up what others think is most important to pursue what truly makes life worthwhile?

Sacrifice

Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. Jesus, John 15:13

True love is verified by sacrifice the unconditional giving of oneself for another.

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