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The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the read more
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership.
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what read more
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who read more
Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by read more
Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them -- this is of the essence of leadership.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit read more
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.