18 pieces of invaluable advice from super-successful business leaders by Lillian Childress on Dec 27, 2016, 12:09 PM The road to success is neither straight nor smooth. Just ask any executive or C-suiter. And that’s just what we did. As we prepare for 2017 and set professional resolutions, it’s important and helpful to glean advice from those who have dominated 2016. Instead of tapping CEOs and executives who have been riding high, we’ve tapped a collection of inspirational leaders who have faced professional challenges and have overcome them with savvy smarts. Whether it’s assembling the right team to grow or becoming more empathetic, here are 18 pieces of invaluable advice from successful business leaders. Take notes! SEE ALSO: 13 questions to ask yourself to figure out if you're a leader or a follower  Mary Barra, CEO of GM
Mary Barra’s secret to securing respect as a leader is consistency. She says: “I follow the words of Theodore Roosevelt: “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” There’s no shortcut to earning respect. Your relationship with your team is like any other relationship — you can’t build it the moment you need it. You build it over time. “It starts when you make it very clear what your values are and articulate a clear vision for the organization. It gets stronger when you live those values every day and deliver results. If your values are little more than words on a page, they won’t mean much to you or the people on your team. “But when you do what you say you are going to do — in both results and behaviors — that’s when you begin to build trust and earn respect.”
Jim McGrann, CEO of VSP
VSP is an internationally operating vision care health insurance company. CEO Jim McGrann says that what keeps him motivated is focusing VSP’s business model inherently focused on community. “The CSR (corporate social responsibility) work allows me to go to bed every night knowing we’re in business for a good reason. Two billion people in the world don’t have proper eye care; the reason we keep the company healthy is so we can make a dent in that number,” McGrann says.
 Arianna Huffington, Founder of Thrive Global
As not only the founder of Thrive Global, but the face of the Huffington Post, Huffington knows a bit about how to strike a healthy balance between work and self-care. “Creativity is the first thing that is sacrificed when we are running on empty,” Huffington says. One simple step toward regenerating creativity she advises: get a good night’s sleep.
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