A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts
– Harold MacMillan
Author Archives: Paradigms of Leadership
Over time…
Over time, is it easier or harder to sustain your influence within your organisation? With charisma alone, influence becomes increasingly more difficult to sustain. With character, as time passes, influence builds and requires less work to sustain.
– John C Maxwell
The adventure….
The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.
– William Arthur Ward
Leaders….
Leaders are not, as we are often led to think, people who go along with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see, whether anyone is following them. “Leadership qualities” are not the qualities that enable people to attract followers, but those that enable them to do without them. They include, at the very least, courage, endurance, patience, humour, flexibility, resourcefulness, stubbornness, a keen sense of reality, and the ability to keep a cool and clear head, even when things are going badly. True leaders, in short, do not make people into followers, but into other leaders.
– John Holt
The most important…
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
– Peter Drucker
Leaders….
Leaders are the ones who keep faith with the past, keep step with the present, and keep the promise to posterity
– Harold J. Seymour
You have….
You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.
– Steve Jobs
Someone….
Someone is sitting in the shade today….because someone planted a tree a long time ago
– Warren Buffett
Time….
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
– Jesse Jackson
The ability…
The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust is the key professional and personal competency of our time.
– Stephen Covey
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