… can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.
– Brandon Sanderson
Category Archives: Followership
A fresh….
… critical look is being taken at the issues of power and authority, and people are beginning to learn, however haltingly, to relate to one another in less coercive and more creatively supporting ways. A new moral principle is emerging, which holds that the only authority deserving of one’s allegiance is that which is freely and knowingly granted by the led to the leader in response to, and in proportion to, the clearly evident servant stature of the leader. Those who choose to follow this principle will not casually accept the authority of existing institutions. Rather, they will freely respond only to individuals who are chosen as leaders because they are proven and trusted as servants. To the extent that this principle prevails in the future, the only truly viable institutions will be those that are predominantly servant led.
– Robert Greenleaf
The good will…
… of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.
– Benjamin Franklin
The led…
… must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.
– Albert Einstein
What we…
… do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world, is and remains immortal
– Albert Pine
I think that…
… the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. I want to make sure there is no discrepancy between what we say and what we do. If you preach accountability and then promote somebody with bad results, it doesn’t work. I personally believe the best training is management by example. Don’t believe what I say. Believe what I do
– Carlos Ghosn
In the end…
.. it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
– Max De Pree
I don’t know…
… what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
– Albert Schweitzer
If you make…
…people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you. If you really make them think, they’ll hate you
– Don Marquis
A leader…
… is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn’t go by yourself.
– Joel A Barker
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