Choice of attention—to pay attention to this and ignore that—is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer.
– W.H. Auden
Tag Archives: Followership
Solve someone’s…
Solve someone’s problems and you produce a follower. Teach someone to solve their own problems and you produce a leader.
– Alexander Den Heijer
Leadership…
Leadership quality is defined by the follower’s actions
– Anon
Do more…
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.
– William Arthur Ward
The country…
The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players
– Don Coryell
Life is…
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
No executives…
No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.
– Peter Drucker
Don’t be afraid…
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great
– John D Rockefeller
Choice of attention…
Choice of attention—to pay attention to this and ignore that—is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer.
–W.H. Auden
More than anything…
More than anything else today, followers believe they are part of a system, a process that lacks heart. If there is one thing a leader can do to connect with followers at a human, or better still a spiritual level, it is to become engaged with them fully, to share experiences and emotions, and to set aside the processes of leadership we have learned by rote.
– Lance Secreton
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