Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
– Warren Bennis
Category Archives: Leadership
Your…
Your mind and attitudes create either barriers or bridges to good outcomes
– Al Siebert
Press on…
Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent
– Calvin Coolidge
Make…
Make a difference, change the game for the better, leave a legacy, be a guide that someone else can follow and make better, and then someone else will follow that and make that better
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The…
The respect that leadership must have requires that one’s ethics be without question. A leader not only stays above the line between right and wrong, he/she stays well clear of the grey areas
– Alan Bernard
No…
No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective
– Peter F Drucker
Never…
Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path
– Mahatma Gandhi
Never…
Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions
– Dag Hammarskjold
A man…
A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them
– Herbert Read
Don’t just…
Don’t Just
Don’t just learn, experience.
Don’t just read, absorb.
Don’t just change, transform.
Don’t just relate, advocate.
Don’t just promise, prove.
Don’t just criticize, encourage.
Don’t just think, ponder.
Don’t just take, give.
Don’t just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don’t just hear, listen.
Don’t just talk, act.
Don’t just tell, show.
Don’t just exist, live.
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