… a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
― Albert Einstein
Author Archives: Paradigms of Leadership
The secret of…
…a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
– Gail Sheehy
The secret of…
… leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.
– Seth Godin
The led…
… must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.
– Albert Einstein
The only way…
… to do great work is to love the work you do.
– Steve Jobs
The single biggest…
… way to impact an organisation is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organisation that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.
– John C Maxwell
Contrary to…
… popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful, sincere and exemplary life.
– Israelmore Avivor
Leaders are not…
… as we are often led to think, people who go along with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see, whether anyone is following them. “Leadership qualities” are not the qualities that enable people to attract followers, but those that enable them to do without them. They include, at the very least, courage, endurance, patience, humor, flexibility, resourcefulness, stubbornness, a keen sense of reality, and the ability to keep a cool and clear head, even when things are going badly. True leaders, in short, do not make people into followers, but into other leaders.
– John Holt
You…
Defining outcomes…
… in terms of success or failure prevents effective leadership and inhibits followership
– Paradigms of Leadership
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