The visionary…

… starts with a clean sheet of paper and reimagines the world

– Malcolm Gladwell

The great leaders…

…. are like the best conductors – they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players

– Blaine Lee

The role of leaders….

….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

How do you…

… make sure you get the bubbling up of ideas through a coalition of energy, rather the boiling down that consensus inevitably provokes? It’s about eliminating all the ordinary, in-between stuff that is no good. You have to cut it out and concentrate all the energy on stretching for the best. Then the really good stuff acts as a magnet for more. If you allow middling stuff to stay – the filler stuff – then that works as a magnet for more of the same too

– Siobhan Davies

The ultimate leader….

…. is one who is willing to develop people to the point that they eventually surpass him or her in knowledge and ability

– Fred A. Manske

Coaching is…

… unlocking a person’s potential to maximise their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them

– John Whitmore

All progress…

… is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem

– Martin Luther King, Jr

Doing easily….

…what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius

– Henri-Frederic Amiel

The conventional….

… definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.”

– Agha Hasan Abedi

 

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