Category Archives: Coaching

Do not talk….

Do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents! One can name great men of all kinds who were very little gifted. They acquired greatness, became ‘geniuses’ (as we put it), through qualities the lack of which no one who knew what they were would boast of: they all pos­sessed that seriousness of the efficient workman which first learns to con­struct the parts properly before it ventures to fashion a great whole; they allowed themselves time for it, because they took more pleasure in making the little, secondary things well than in the effect of a dazzling whole

– Friedrich Nietzsche

 

Although…

Although individuals need not be well-rounded, teams should be.

– Tom Rath

 

 

 

Give….

Give as few orders as possible, once you’ve given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

– Frank Herbert

Great leaders….

Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don’t even know.

– Roy Bennett

Never….

Never mistake activity for achievement

– John Wooden

You cannot…..

You cannot give people lasting help by doing for them what they were supposed to do for themselves

– Abraham Lincoln

No matter….

No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better – because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.

– Jim Yong Kim

Divide…..

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Leaders….

Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.

– Rosabeth Moss Kantor

Come to the edge…

Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It’s too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!
And they came,
and he pushed,
and they flew.

©Christopher Logue