Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.
– Marian Anderson
Tag Archives: Influence
Values…
Values determine culture,
Culture determines behaviour,
Behaviour determines outcomes.
– Rohan Dredge
Here’s to…
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
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Sooner…
Sooner or later every leader begins to understand how little power he or she really has…as organisations become more complex and the environment more intense it becomes impossible to get things done through force of leadership.
– Robert E Quinn, The Positive Organisation
Organisations…
Organisations are communities of human beings, not collections of human resources
.- Henry Mintzberg
The role…
The role of leaders is not to exercise power but to share power amongst those being led
– Anon
When…
When we see the need for deep change, we usually see it as something that needs to take place in someone else. In our roles of authority, we are particularly quick to direct others to change. Such directives often fail, and we respond to the resistance by increasing our efforts. The power struggle that follows seldom results in change nor brings about excellence. One of the most important insights about the need to bring about deep change in others has to do with where deep change actually starts.
– Robert E. Quinn
The real…
The real competitive advantage in any business is one word only, which is ‘people’
– Kamil Toume
Leadership…
Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.
– Simon Sinek
When…
When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion.
– Dale Carnegie
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