Author Archives: Paradigms of Leadership

The led…

… must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.

– Albert Einstein

People will…

… forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel

– Maya Angelou

What we…

… do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world, is and remains immortal

– Albert Pine

Consensus:

…. The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?’

– Margaret Thatcher

People are…

… always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.

– George Bernard Shaw

We know…

… that leadership is very much related to change. As the pace of change accelerates, there is naturally a greater need for effective leadership

– John Kotter

I think that…

… the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. I want to make sure there is no discrepancy between what we say and what we do. If you preach accountability and then promote somebody with bad results, it doesn’t work. I personally believe the best training is management by example. Don’t believe what I say. Believe what I do

– Carlos Ghosn

Leadership is…

… not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration—of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine

– Lance Secretan

Twenty years…

… from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

– Mark Twain.