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The new leaders face new tests such as how to lead in this idea-intensive, interdependent network environment.
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.
The superior confidence which people repose in the tall man is well merited. Being tall, he is more visible than other men and being more visible, he is much more closely watched.
The Scotch (1964)
Power wasn't even part of my vocabulary.
'The 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business,' Fortune (1999)
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
From leaders, we need clear, consistent and honest attention to the identity of the organization. Identity shows up in our actions, our visions, our relationships inside and out of the organization. Identity gets deepened as we do the work.
'Don't Get Out of the Way!,' www.mgeneral.com (1997)
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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