Control is …..

….. not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50 percent of your time leading yourself–your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Invest at least 20 percent leading those with authority over you and 15 percent leading your peers. If you don’t understand that you work for your mislabeled ‘subordinates,’ then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

– Dee Hock

Leaders…..

…….. touch a heart before they ask for a hand.

– John C Maxwell

That’s what leadership is….

….. all about, identifying quality people, giving them the opportunity and experience to create and develop to continue to make the company successful. The best leaders identify and mentor potential leaders. A leader’s most important legacy is the leaders he or she develops.

– Kenneth Strong & John Dicicc0

The best leaders….

……… turn their followers into leaders, realizing that the journey ahead requires many guides.

– James Kouzes and Barry Posner

Leadership is …..

……. ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.

– Alan Keith

The first act of leadership is …

….. coming to grips with yourself, who you are, where you are, and what is of value to you, and shaping yourself by acts of conscious will into what you want to become.

– Fenwick English

If leadership is….

…… the act of going beyond what is … it begins by going beyond what is within ourselves.

– Kevin Cashman

Life is the leader’s…..

……laboratory, and exemplary leaders use it to conduct as many experiments as possible. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. That’s the leader’s mantra. Leaders are learners. They learn from their failures as well as their successes, and they make it possible for others to do the same.

 – James Kouzes & Barry Posner

The Leadership Question…..

How is the question most frequently asked of Leaders……

Why should be the question most frequently answered……

– Paradigms of Leadership

Leadership is not ……

….. the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It is a process ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best from themselves and others. When the leader in everyone is liberated extraordinary things happen.

– James Kouzes & Barry Potter