Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends and influencing people' — that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned read more
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the read more
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours.
A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours.
The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf.
The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf.
It is better to have a lion at the head of an army od sheep, than a sheep at the read more
It is better to have a lion at the head of an army od sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. -Mary D. Poole.
Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. -Mary D. Poole.
