Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. -Marian read more

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. -Marian Anderson.

The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. He must dominate in his turn.

The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. He must dominate in his turn.

No organization is stronger than the quality of its leadership, or ever extends its constituency far beyond the degree to read more

No organization is stronger than the quality of its leadership, or ever extends its constituency far beyond the degree to which its leadership is representative. -Edgar Powell.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends read more

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.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon.

Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will read more

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.