Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.
– Anon
Tag Archives: Responsibility
My grandfather…
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group. There is much less competition.
– Indira Gandhi
Rely on your own….
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don’t take too much advice — keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
– Noah Porter
Think of managing change…
Think of managing change as an adventure. It tests your skills and abilities. It brings forth talent that may have been dormant. Change is also a training ground for leadership. When we think of leaders, we remember times of change, innovation and conflict. Leadership is often about shaping a new way of life. To do that, you must advance change, take risks and accept responsibility for making change happen.
– Charles E. Rice
The role…
The role of Leadership is to elicit the leadership in your followers
– Paradigms of Leadership
Too bad…
… that most people stop rowing when they get to the rudder.
– Alfred Polgar
Most of…
… the corruption and disruption in the corporation is the result of leaders’ failure to lead themselves
– Tony Baron
Few things
help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him.
– Booker Washington
When you…
… make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you
– Abraham Lincoln
Power flows…
… to the man who knows how. Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
– Elbert Hubbard
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