What Rolling Stone's founding editor learned on the job

Show up in these 5 ways to enhance leadership success | Why leaders must identify and live by their values | Read more from Naphtali Hoff on SmartBrief on Leadership Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( September 15, 2022 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading Edge [] [Show up in these 5 ways to enhance leadership success]( Top leaders always strive to show up at their best, prepared and aware that every situation could hold bigger opportunities than they may know about, writes Kevin Eikenberry. "Showing up with a positive expectation of both our performance and the result plays a big part in our success," Eikenberry writes. 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