"Leadership is a posture and a choice, not a role that must be bestowed on you. Step up and be a leader when no one is watching or expecting you to do so."
— John Izzo and Marshall Goldsmith, Stepping Up
Showing posts with label Quote of the Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quote of the Week. Show all posts
Monday, December 2, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
The Leader is a Servant
"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."
— Max DePree
Monday, November 18, 2013
Shots you Don't Take
This week's quote:
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/waynegretz378694.html#blQMI44pPREuwUJK.99
Hat Tip to Missy G. who posted this great quote on her whiteboard last week!
Monday, November 4, 2013
Quote of the Week - "You're Right!"
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.” ~ Henry Ford
Monday, October 28, 2013
Quote of the Week
There’s a lot of things great about life. But I think tomorrow is the most important thing. Comes in to us at midnight very clean, ya know. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday
~ John Wayne
Hat tip to Mark Alexander and the Patriot Post
Monday, October 14, 2013
Quote of the Week
Understanding is Power
~David H. MaisterFrom David's forward to Paul Glen's book Leading Geeks. In context: "The old phrase "knowledge is power" is not quite correct. Understanding is power . . ."
Emphasis his.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Quote of the Week
"To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!'"
~ Lao-tsu, Chinese philosopher
Monday, July 29, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand."
~ General Colin Powell
Monday, July 22, 2013
Quote of the Week
"You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership."
~ President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Monday, July 15, 2013
Quote of the Week
“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”
~ Arnold Glasow
Monday, July 8, 2013
Quote of the Week
“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
― John C. MaxwellMonday, July 1, 2013
Quote of the Week
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”
― Ronald ReaganMonday, June 24, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Quote of the Week
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”
― Ralph Waldo EmersonMonday, June 10, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the
noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of
non-essentials."
--Lin Yutang
Found below the signature on a recent email . . .
How about "The wisdom of projects consists in the elimination of non-essentials?"
Monday, May 27, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Quote of the Week
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
—Jack Welch
—Jack Welch
Monday, May 13, 2013
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