Author Archives: Paradigms of Leadership

The good will…

…of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

– Benjamin Franklin

Impressing people….

… changes what they think. Influencing people changes what they do.

– Unknown

Leadership is…

… the ability to establish standards and manage a creative climate where people are self-motivated toward the mastery of long term constructive goals, in a participatory environment of mutual respect, compatible with personal values.

– Mike Vance

A teacher…

…. affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

– Henry Adams

Most people…

… use two totally different sets of criteria for judging themselves versus others. We tend to judge others according to their actions; it’s very cut-and-dried. However, we judge ourselves by our intentions. Even if we do the wrong thing, if we believe our motives were good, we let ourselves off the hook. And we are often willing to do that over and over before requiring ourselves to change.

– John C Maxwell

All organisations…

…. do change when put under sufficient pressure. This pressure must be either external to the organization or the result of very strong leadership.

– Bruce Henderson

Before you…

…. can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.

– Winston Churchill

Every change…

…. looks like a failure in the middle

– Rosabeth M. Kanter

If you want…

… to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That’s much more powerful than rebelling outside the system

– Marie Lu

Leadership is…

… an interactive conversation that pulls people toward becoming comfortable with the language of personal responsibility and commitment.

– John Agno