Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help, or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. – Colin Powell One of my all time favorite shows (ok, mini-series) is Continue reading…
If an incompetent chieftain is removed, seldom do we appoint his highest ranking subordinate to his place. – Attila the Hun The absolute best calling card you can have or employ is surrounding yourself with competence. Nothing screams success more than having the best people work for you. And the more loyal they seem to Continue reading…
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. – Tom Peters A good manager is easy enough to spot. They have it all in order, the paperwork is flawless and on time, everybody has their workstations in working conditions, supplies are plentiful and on time, the whole office is streamlined to Continue reading…
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. – Mark Twain You might be doing 110% for your people, and putting in so much personal effort that it sometimes hurts. But that effort might be Continue reading…
What you cannot enforce, do not command. – Sophocles If you’re anything like me then you probably grew up either with lone gun gunslinging cowboy cool figures shows or with James Bond type characters. And boy did those characters love to gamble. And when they did gamble, they got the most pleasure from winning on Continue reading…
People work harder, longer, and more creatively if they are motivated by the intrinsic pleasure of their work. Managers must do everything they can to make the value of jobs obvious and the joy in them accessible. – Robert Watson Going to work simply to have a means to pay the bills, and doing your Continue reading…
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. – Brian Tracy Problems are unavoidable. They are as ubiquitous as people, which makes sense because all problems are just issues that one or more people have. Now I can tell you that since problems are ever present only solutions matter, Continue reading…
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. – Ralph Nader The human animal is a social animal by definition. All of our great achievements have always been accomplished through the collective work and individual strife of teams of people. Even when they were not part of an official collaboration, one Continue reading…
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