Choice of attention—to pay attention to this and ignore that—is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer.
– W.H. Auden
Category Archives: Followership
Some problems….
Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well-informed just to be undecided about them.
– Laurence J. Peter
Everyone…
Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
– Nolan Bushnell
A man can….
A man 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 nobody will listen to them.
― Brandon Sanderson
Times of upheaval …
Times of upheaval require not just more leadership but more leaders. People at all organizational levels, whether anointed or self-appointed, must be empowered to share leadership responsibilities.
– Rosalynn Carter
If….
If serving is below you then leadership is beyond you.
– Anon
All these…
All these boundaries – Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America – are set by men. But you don’t have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man – at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?
– Hakeem Olajuwon
Those of us….
Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the ‘leaders’ must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.
– Maya Angelou
Self-security will be….
Self-security will be a hallmark of the leaders and exceptional organisations of the future. Self-security in an individual or a system brings a high ratio of coherence. Leaders or organisations with self-security can push power and authority downstream and develop centers of innovation and excellence at all levels of the organization
– Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer
Humans are…
Humans are ambitious and rational and proud. And we don’t fall in line with people who don’t respect us and who we don’t believe have our best interests at heart. We are willing to follow leaders, but only to the extent that we believe they call on our best, not our worst.
– Rachel Maddow
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