… that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That’s a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace. It does depend on them. It does depend on their convictions, their clarity, their personal commitment to their own cultivation. And on the other hand, it doesn’t depend on them. It’s an inherently collective phenomenon.
– Peter Senge
… must be tough enough to fight,
tender enough to cry,
human enough to make mistakes,
humble enough to admit them,
strong enough to absorb the pain,
and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.
– Jesse Jackson
… a trait which characterises leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to be daunted by disadvantage and have the ability to turn disadvantage to good effect. They are people who seize opportunity and take risks. Leadership then seems to be a matter of personality and character
– John Viney
…. a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests
– Gail Sheehy
…. is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That’s because leadership has two sides – what a person is (character) and what a person does (competence)
– Stephen Covey
… influences and not instigates, be one who is pure and not prejudiced with focus on your character and not just charisma, with focus on truth and not just talent, and you will see how lives are impacted
– Annu Ratha
… tough enough to fight,
tender enough to cry,
human enough to make mistakes,
humble enough to admit them,
strong enough to absorb the pain,
and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.
– Jesse Jackson
…. the quiet past are inadequate for the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new so we must think anew and act anew and we must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country
– Abraham Lincoln
..attitude becomes weakness of character
– Albert Einstein
….is to awaken the curiosity and creativity in others and have the strength to let go and allow the vision of others to exceed their own
– Nick Jessett
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