Occupation: Author Birth: May 6, 1939
Leadership is not something you do to people. It's something you do with people..
Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of work. T….
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority..
Servant-leader ship is all about making the goals clear and then rolling your sleeves up and doing whatever it takes to help people win. In that situ….
None of us is as smart as all of us..
Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you take action and use it..
Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly.
The only job security you have today os your commitment to continuous personal improvement..
The cure for too much to do is solitude and silence..
Catch people in the act of doing something right..
It's really hard to be a servant leader because we come into this world as a baby in a self-survival mode. Life is a journey toward service..
We can't control everything in life, that's for sure, but we can reach out to the people we love to tell them we love and care about them..
Don't wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them..
Have I done what is really important today?.
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're com….
I cannot say Who Art in Heaven-If all my interests and pursuits are in earthly things..
What we give our attention to, grows..
I grew up in New England. I think I was brought up with the Puritan ethic: that if you worked really hard in life, then good would come to you. The h….
Effective team leaders adjust their style to provide what the group can't provide for itself..
Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going..
Vision is knowing who you are, where you're going, and what will guide your journey..