…. change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
– Eric Hoffer
Tag Archives: Followership
The secret of…
… leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.
– Seth Godin
The led…
… must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.
– Albert Einstein
Leaders are not…
… as we are often led to think, people who go along with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see, whether anyone is following them. “Leadership qualities” are not the qualities that enable people to attract followers, but those that enable them to do without them. They include, at the very least, courage, endurance, patience, humor, flexibility, resourcefulness, stubbornness, a keen sense of reality, and the ability to keep a cool and clear head, even when things are going badly. True leaders, in short, do not make people into followers, but into other leaders.
– John Holt
You…
Defining outcomes…
… in terms of success or failure prevents effective leadership and inhibits followership
– Paradigms of Leadership
Our chief want…
… is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
We will remember…
… not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
– Martin Luther King Jr
Too many companies…
… believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do.
– Warren G Bennis
A good head….
… and a good heart are always a formidable combination
– Nelson Mandela
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