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“No.” Allie stood her ground. “I’ll not go in.““Me, neither.” Jason slid from his horse. “If Allie ain’t going in, I’m not going in.”Wes glanced skyward. How was it possible for his near mute wife t...”
“Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications.”
“As I have earlier noted, the most important things in life and in business can’t be measured. The trite bromide 'If you can measure it, you can manage it' has been a hindrance in the building a gre...”
“His (Lenin's)humanitarianism was a very abstract passion. It embraced humanity in general but he seems to have had little love for, or even interest in, humanity in particular. He saw the people wi...”
“All that technical expertise isn't worth a damn if you don't get the best out of people, though. . . . These were leaders who saw strength in ordinary people and showed them how to break tyranny.”
“Leadership comes at a cost.It’s called servant leadership.”
“Part of knowing how to be prepared comes from being self-aware—being able to anticipate what you’ll need (or screw up) and planning accordingly. I know I am rarely, if ever, the smartest person in ...”
“What you realize is that everyone has her own priorities—her own constituency. Often, being a leader is not about making grand proclamations or telling people what to do; it’s about balancing all t...”
“The worst thing about having power over other people's lives is that you sometimes get things wrong.”
“Thought Leadership “The Downing Street Years” Book by Margaret Thatcher“I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . . . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity o...”
“Leadership is about what’s right for the organization, not what feels right for the leader.”
“Holding your team accountable to do the jobs they’re being paid to do is not being mean; it’s being a manager, and that’s your job.”
“How do you know who´s the leader? When he says nothing, but everybody understands what has to be done.”
“You can’t effectively move up to the next stage of leadership yourself until your current stage leadership skills are solid and are being developed in your team members so they can take over as you...”
“Rich people can´t afford to waste time.”
“How much of your time, at your “hourly rate,” is wasted each year because you’re cleaning up after your employees and fixing issues they’ve created or haven’t resolved themselves?”
“Jackson’s plight raises difficult questions about leadership and morality. His situation illustrates the need to acknowledge that our leaders will occasionally disappoint themselves and us. If we d...”
“If you want to lead people, but you have problems in being authentic, you´ve lost.”
“You can buy likes, but you can´t buy influence.”
“Some people are like "the great wall of china", you can´t reach them.”
