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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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to read more
To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against. -Christina Baldwin.
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.
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.
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
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Leadership is an action, not a position.
Leadership is an action, not a position.
