Leaders are…

…… more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach

– Rosabeth Moss Kantor

Leadership….

….does not depend on being right

– Ivan Illich

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

Nearly all…

…. men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power

– Abraham Lincoln

We need…

… to move from the leader as hero, to the leader as host

– Margaret Wheatley

The well-run….

…. group is not a battlefield of egos

– Lao Tzu

The strength…

…. of the team is each individual member…the strength of each member is the team

– Phil Jackson

The conventional….

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

– Agha Hasan Abedi

 

A leader…

… is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind

– Nelson Mandela

The most important….

… thing about a team of people is that they get on well together, that the people who are leading them genuinely care about people, that they look for the best in their people, that they praise, very rarely criticise and you actually run your company like a real family

– Richard Branson