… no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.
– Winston Churchill
Author Archives: Paradigms of Leadership
Someone’s…
… sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
– Warren Buffett
Greatness…
… is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.
– James C. Collins
The good will…
… of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.
– Benjamin Franklin
If you…
… are not criticised, you may not be doing much
– Donald Rumsfeld
Things may…
… come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
– Abraham Lincoln
Leaders are…
… creatures of their environment, but unlike most creatures, they are also movers of it. As movers of and within the organisation, they push it forward, at the same time shaping it as much as it shapes them.
– John Baldoni
Effort…
… and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
– John F. Kennedy
Without leaps…
… of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
– Gloria Steinem
A new leader…
… has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless… someone’s got to make a wake up call
– Warren Bennis
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