… has a lot to do with answers but leadership is a function of questions
– Max DePree
Tag Archives: Creativity
The things…
…we fear most in organizations – fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances – are the primary sources of creativity
– Margaret Wheatley
I am a man…
… of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times
– Everett Dirksen
The manager…
… asks how and when; the leader asks what and why
– Warren Bennis
It always….
…seems impossible until it is done
– Nelson Mandela
If we….
…. cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible
– Chellis Glendinning
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
– Bill Taylor
Beware of…
… those who stand aloof and greet each venture with reproof. The world would stop if things were run by men who say ‘it can’t be done’
– Samuel Glove
The meeting…
… of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed
– Carl Jung
The true…
…. test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do
– Jon Holt
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