The memory still makes Steve Brass squirm. Growing up in Yorkshire, England, where Brass says, “the humans were outnumbered by the sheep 2-to-1,” Brass was made captain of his school cricket team. Only 15 years old and having no experience with leadership to speak of, Brass assumed that the captain was supposed to play the lead role on the field, so he put himself in as a starter at all the most desirable positions. At one point in the match, an adult sidled up to Brass and suggested that, just perhaps, he ought to let some of his teammates “have a go.”
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The next time you’re sitting in a meeting, and one of your ambitious colleagues throws out an idea that seems “out there”/unconventional/grandstanding, try to resist the temptation to roll your eyes. Yes, in all likelihood your colleague probably is grandstanding because that’s one of the ways ambitious people get heard. But that doesn’t mean he’s not on to something important.