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No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.
No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse read more
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him....But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, "We did it ourselves. Chinese proverb -Lao Tzu.
Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.
Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.
The first step to leadership is servanthood. -John Maxwell.
The first step to leadership is servanthood. -John Maxwell.
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. read more
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
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.
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 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.
