Innovation and progress are realized when you go beyond standard operating procedures. Sometimes, you have to look for new ways to handle old tasks and find new approaches to new problems.

Good leaders strengthen their organization by building their people and helping them feel good about themselves and their jobs. When this happens, morale and productivity is improved which translates to increased profit for company. Focus on building self-esteem. Show them that you trust and believe in them. Praise them for a job well done.

Unity is essential to any organization. If you don’t support each other, organization will soon encounter critical problems that may be irreparable. The job of a leader is to assemble best team possible, train unit, and figure out best way to get members to work together for good of organization.

Lastly, remember that people who enjoy and look forward to going to work are more productive and happy. You can create a positive atmosphere at work by letting people have fun and interact with their colleagues. Having fun at work creates more social glue for organization. This results in productivity and loyalty.

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Captain D. Michael Abrashoff is a Former Commanding Officer of United States Navy. He is also founder and CEO of GrassRoots Leadership, Inc. Immediately after leaving Navy, Mike created GrassRoots Leadership, advising others on how to empower their people while increasing profits and cutting costs. Mike continues to spread his message through his first book, "It’s Your Ship", published by Warner Books.

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1. First decide what kind of answer is expected (monologue or dialogue). Logic puzzles usually calls for a monologue. Design answers have single answers. Good answers show awareness that trade-offs exist.

2. Whatever you think of first is wrong. With puzzles and riddles, first obvious answer that pops into mind is not usually right answer.

3. Forget you ever learned calculus.

4. Big complicated questions usually have simple answers.

5. Simple questions often demand complicated answers.

6. “Perfectly logical beings” are not like you and me.

7. When you hit a brick wall, try to list assumptions you are making. See what happens when you reject each of these assumptions in succession.

8. When crucial information is missing in a logic puzzle, lay out possible scenarios. You’ll almost always find that you don’t need missing information to solve problem.

9. Where possible, give a good answer that interviewer has never heard before.

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William Poundstone is author of nine books, including Carl Sagan: A Life in Cosmos, Prisoner's Dilemma, Labyrinths of Reason, and popular Big Secrets series, which inspired two television network specials. He has written for Esquire, Harper's, The Economist, and New York Times Book Review, and his science writing has been nominated twice for Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Los Angeles.

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