Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership.
Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique. - James Macgregor Burns
Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.
- James Macgregor Burns
The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power. - James Macgregor Burns
The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.
Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth. - James Macgregor Burns
Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.
Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people … - James Macgregor Burns
Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people …
To elevate the goals of humankind, to achieve high moral purpose, to realize major intended change, leaders must thrust themselves into the most intr… - James Macgregor Burns
To elevate the goals of humankind, to achieve high moral purpose, to realize major intended change, leaders must thrust themselves into the most intr…
A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another. - James Macgregor Burns
A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs. - James Macgregor Burns
The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.
Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others. - James Macgregor Burns
Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.
Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separate institution… - James Macgregor Burns
Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separate institution…
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