Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better
– Sydney J. Harris
Tag Archives: challenge
Encourage dissent…
Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil’s advocates, “variance sensors” who can tell them the difference between what is expected and what is really happening, between what they want to hear and what they need to hear. There are too many naked emperors running around today.
– Warren G Bennis
Don’t wish….
Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom
– Jim Rohn
The true mark…
The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action — an unconventional business strategy, a unique product development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign — even as the rest of the world wonders why you’re not marching in step with the status quo. In other words, real leaders are happy to zig while others zag. They understand that in an era of hyper-competition and non-stop disruption, the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something special.
– William Taylor
Leadership consists…
… not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint
– Lewis H. Lapham
In 1893….
…. a young man was re-sitting the entrance examination to become an officer in the British Army for the third time. His name was Winston Churchill….
Every man….
gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, and so they give their lives to little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it…and then it’s gone
– Joan of Arc
Leadership…
… is the challenge to be something more than average
– Jim Rohn
Leadership….
… is the challenge to be something more than average
– Jim Rohn
Challenge is…..
… the opportunity for greatness. People do their best when there is an opportunity to change how things currently stand. Maintaining the status quo facilitates mediocrity. Those who embrace this practice do not wish to rest on their laurels. They motivate others to exceed their limits and look for innovative ways to improve the organisation.
– J Kouzes & B Posner
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