If you are entrusted with bringing about change, you will likely possess the knowledge needed to advance the organisation and you might have a plan — but knowledge is not enough. You have to bring yourself to each interaction in a deeply authentic way. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
– Doug Conant
There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage and the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile; especially when it is new and different.
– Alfred P. Sloan
To step beyond the thresh-hold of the fear that lies within is the destiny of those blessed with leadership
– Paradigms of Leadership
The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others – not yourself – first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification. You should ask yourself, What does the team need? Not, What will make me feel better?
– John C Maxwell
Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening
– Nelson Mandele
Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
– Sheryl Sandberg
Leadership is about creating, day by day, a domain in which we and those around us continually deepen our understanding of reality and are able to participate in shaping the future. This, then, is the deeper territory of leadership – collectively ‘listening to what is wanting to emerge in the world, and then having the courage to do what is required
– Joseph Jaworski
