The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority. – Kenneth H. Blanchard Not even a two year old child wants to feel controlled. The whole reason we have advanced as a civilization is that we innately seek out our own paths to follow. It takes years of painstaking education to construct onto people the Continue reading…
Leaders are not, as we are often led to think, people who go along with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see, whether anyone is following them. ‘Leadership qualities’ are not the qualities that enable people to attract followers, but those that enable Continue reading…
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. – John C. Maxwell How do you get people to trust and open up to you yet at the same time make them respect your authority? It is a hard choice to make. There is one small opening that Continue reading…
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be. – Rosalynn Carter Children are wonderful. They intrinsic curiosity and innate ability to seemingly think outside of the box is a wonderful looking glass for us to peer in. We Continue reading…
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. – Robert Louis Stevenson Someone once told me that the source of all problems we face is birth. I thought about that for years and then in dawned at me. What he was trying to say is that having and facing problems is a Continue reading…
A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind. – Nelson Mandela A job, or even a career is a funny sort of agreement, whereby one person is willing to trade his Continue reading…
Truly powerful people have great humility. They do not try to impress, they do not try to be influential. They simply are. People are magnetically drawn to them. They are most often very silent and focused, aware of their core selves. They never persuade, nor do they use manipulation or aggressiveness to get their way. Continue reading…
Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control. – Tom Landry Confidence is one hell of a drug. It is thee base drug at the foundation of all others. Love, happiness, joy, lust, all these have one base commonality Continue reading…
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