…… the act of going beyond what is … it begins by going beyond what is within ourselves.
– Kevin Cashman
Author Archives: Paradigms of Leadership
True leadership…..
….. strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you.
– David Niven
The great leaders……
…… are like the best conductors–they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
– Blaine Lee
Leaders are creatures…..
…… of their environment, but unlike most creatures, they are also movers of it. As movers of and within the organization, they push it forward, at the same time shaping it as much as it shapes them.
– John Baldoni
Life is the leader’s…..
……laboratory, and exemplary leaders use it to conduct as many experiments as possible. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. That’s the leader’s mantra. Leaders are learners. They learn from their failures as well as their successes, and they make it possible for others to do the same.
– James Kouzes & Barry Posner
Leadership is not just…..
……. the province of people at the top. Leadership can occur at all levels and by any individual. In fact, we see that it is important for leaders to develop leadership in those below them.
– Bernard Mass & Ronald Riggio
Every age fraught with……
……. discord and danger seems to spawn a leader meant only for that age, a political giant whose absence, in retrospect, seems inconceivable when the history of that age is written.
– Dan Simmons
The Leadership Question…..
How is the question most frequently asked of Leaders……
Why should be the question most frequently answered……
– Paradigms of Leadership
Leadership is the ……
…… name that people use to make sense out of complex events and the outcomes of events they otherwise would not be able to explain. In other words, people attribute leadership to certain individuals who are called leaders because people want to believe that leaders cause things to happen rather than have to explain causality by understanding complex social forces or analyzing the dynamic interaction among people, events, and environment.
– Joseph C Rost
Perhaps those who are ….
…..best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who … have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.
– J K Rowling
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