…. and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Author Archives: Paradigms of Leadership
The idea of…
… a merit rating is alluring. The sound of the words captivates the imagination: pay for what you get; get what you pay for; motivate people to do their best, for their own good. The effect is exactly the opposite of what the words promise
– W Edward Deming
Change will not…
… come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek
– Barack Obama
Management…
… has a lot to do with answers but leadership is a function of questions
– Max DePree
The things…
…we fear most in organizations – fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances – are the primary sources of creativity
– Margaret Wheatley
Try not…
…to become a man of success but a man of value
– Albert Einstein
I am a man…
… of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times
– Everett Dirksen
The manager…
… asks how and when; the leader asks what and why
– Warren Bennis
A moment….
… of choice is a moment of truth. It is the testing point of our character and competence
– Stephen Covey
To get others…
…. to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead
– William Hazlitt
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