…….one person can be a change catalyst, a transformer in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.”
– Stephen R Covey
…….. a man’s ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.”
– Thomas J Watson Sr.
…… it seems to me, never say ‘I’. And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say ‘I’. They don’t think ‘I’. They think ‘we’; they think ‘team’. They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but ‘we’ gets the credit…. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.”
– Peter F Drucker
……. to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humour, but without folly.”
– Jim Rohn
…… to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.”
— Hesiod
8th Century BC Greek poet
…….. the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others may receive your orders without being humiliated.”
— Dag Hammarskjöld
……. means being the agent of your own life, influencing the things you care about most in the world to make it a richer life. ”
— Stewart Friedman
… 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 and invincible determination with the right motive are the levers that move the world.
Noah Porter
…… to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.”
— Hesiod
8th Century BC Greek poet
……. 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 Secretan, Industry Week, October 12, 1998
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