Author Archives: Paradigms of Leadership

“Your position never gives you the right…..

…. to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others may receive your orders without being humiliated.”

— Dag Hammarskjöld

We shall not cease from exploration……

And the end of all our exploring

Will he to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time,

T.S. Eliot,

 

Four Quartets

“If a rhinoceros were to enter…….

…….. this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.”

— G.K. Chesterton to Alexander Woollcott

“Leader in its most important sense…..

….. means being the agent of your own life, influencing the things you care about most in the world to make it a richer life. ”

— Stewart Friedman, Total Leadership

“Before you are a leader…..

…….. success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

— Jack Welch

“More than anything else today…..

……. followers believe they are part of a system, a process that lacks heart. If there is one thing a leader can do to connect with followers at a human, or better still a spiritual level, it is to become engaged with them fully, to share experiences and emotions, and to set aside the processes of leadership we have learned by rote.”

— Lance Secretan, Industry Week, October 12, 1998

“Leadership is not so much about technique……

…… and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration—of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.”

— Lance Secretan, Industry Week, October 12, 1998

“You don’t lead by pointing ……

……. and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.”

— Ken Kesey

The growth and development…..

…… of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

— Harvey S. Firestone