Author Archives: Paradigms of Leadership

The true…

… mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action — an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign — even as the rest of the world wonders why you’re not marching in step with the status quo. In other words, real leaders are happy to zig while others zag. They understand that in an era of hyper-competition and non-stop disruption, the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something special

– Bill Taylor

Without leadership….

… command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance

– Eric Shinseki

Listening is…

…. not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place

– Simon Sinek

A ship…

…. in the harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for

– William Shedo

Beware of…

… those who stand aloof and greet each venture with reproof. The world would stop if things were run by men who say ‘it can’t be done’

– Samuel Glove

Whoever is…

careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with the important matters

– Albert Einstein

The meeting…

… of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed

– Carl Jung

There are…

….. risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction

– John F. Kennedy

There is…

only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right. That is the only way to deserve and to win the confidence of our great people in these days of trouble

– Winston Churchill

Too bad…

…that most people stop rowing when they get to the rudder

– Alfred Polgar