I learned….

I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge

– Seth Godin

If you want….

If you want to be the best leader you can possibly be, no matter how much or how little natural leadership talent you possess, you need to become a serving leader

– John C. Maxwell

Whenever…..

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ‘Ego’

– Friedrich Nietzsche

Hold yourself responsible….

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else

– Henry Beecher

We spend…

We spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. We don’t spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop. Most of the leaders I have met don’t need to learn what to do, they need to learn what to stop.

– Peter F Drucker

Hold yourself….

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.

– Henry W Beecher

The greatest mistake….

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one

– John Maxwell

If you….

If you are interested in equality at all costs, you should never have gone looking for your power in the first place. Holding authority with integrity is more important than making others feel good

– Anne Hill

 

One of…

One of the most important things for any leader is to never let anyone else define who you are. You define who you are. I never think of myself as being a woman CEO of this company; I think of myself as a steward of a great institution

–  Ginni Rometty,

Experience….

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you

– Aldous Huxley