Occupation: Author Birth: March 8, 1925 Death: July 31, 2014
Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action….
All great leaders constantly seek new information and new ways of thinking..
Every one of the geezers who continues to play a leadership role has one quality of overriding importance: neotony. The dictionary definition is that….
Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders..
A leader is someone whose actions have the most profound consequences on other people's lives, for better or worse, sometime forever and ever..
Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work..
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right..
The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change..
In life, change is inevitable. In business, change is vital..
One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing..
Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around..
In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, often under great time pressure, leaders must make decisions and take effective actio….
Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character.
All of great leaders evidence four basic qualities that are central to their ability to lead: adaptive capacity, the ability to engage others through….
Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it..
Emotional intelligence, more than any other factor, more than I.Q. or expertise, accounts for 85% to 90% of success at work... I.Q. is a threshold co….
Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination..
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the….
The manager administers; the leader innovates. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how and ….
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth..
Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support..