| "LEADERS come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet LEADERS and LEADERS one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage." »John W. Gardner |
| "What makes a good follower The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity LEADERS are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the LEADERS want to hear it or not. Followers who tell the truth and LEADERS who listen to it are an unbeatable combination." »Warren Bennis |
| "The enormous gap between what US LEADERS do in the world and what Americans think their LEADERS are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominate political mythology." »Michael Parenti |
| "The LEADERS I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom--as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul that moment created the resilience that LEADERS need." »Warren Bennis |
| "The most dangerous LEADERShip myth is that LEADERS are born-that there is a genetic factor to LEADERShip. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense in fact, the opposite is true. LEADERS are made rather than born. Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led." »Warren Bennis |
| "The great LEADERS have always stage-managed their effects." »Charles De Gaulle |
| "LEADERS keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line." »Warren Bennis |
| "I start with the premise that the function of LEADERShip is to produce more LEADERS, not more followers." »Ralph Nader |
| "LEADERS get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged." »Frederick Smith |
| "LEADERS are the ones who keep faith with the past, keep step with the present and keep the promise to posterity." »Harold J. Seymore |
| "It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the LEADERS of thought, as they pass into oblivion." »Max Beerbohm |
| "LEADERS must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard." »Warren Bennis |
| "Outstanding LEADERS go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish." »Sam Walton |
| "Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid LEADERS." »Sloan Wilson |
| "The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All LEADERS whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force." »Andr Maurois |
| "LEADERShip excellence requires a balanced mix of paradoxes. LEADERS need to be visionary yet practical, teachers yet learners, and believers yet open-minded." »Med Yones |
| "LEADERShip excellence requires a balanced mix of paradoxes. LEADERS need to be visionary yet practical, teachers yet learners, and believers yet open-minded." »Med Yones |
| "The great LEADERS are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players." »Blaine Lee |
| "It is not possible to have a politics-free organization. The desire for power and control is part of human nature. Successful business LEADERS know how to leverage organizational politics by setting performance-oriented instead of resourcesoriented political rewards." »Med Yones |
| "LEADERS aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." »Vince Lombardi |
| "Good LEADERS must first become good servants." »Robert Greenleaf |
| "A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen LEADERS today--and in fact we have forgotten." »Euripides |
| "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 success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning." »Warren Bennis |
| "The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts he is led by cheer LEADERS, press agents, word mongers, uplifters." »Henry Louis Mencken |
| "For aesthetics is the mother of ethics. Were we to choose our LEADERS on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe-not empirically, alas, but only theoretically-that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens." »Joseph Brodsky |
| "LEADERS who win the respect of others are the ones who deliver more than they promise, not the ones who promise more than they can deliver." »Mark A. Clement |
| "We are living in a day of self-seeking and irresponsibility, even in Christian circles. Few indeed are the Christian believers who have truly laid their all on the altar for Christ. Few are the spiritual LEADERS who truly put God FIRST . Rather they think first, albeit subconsciously, of their positions, popularity, salaries and the success of the organizations over which they preside. While professing strong allegiance to God and His Word, they are nevertheless careful not to emphasize those passages from the Word which might ruffle feathers or rock the boat, as we say. In spite of their professed fidelity to God's Word and will, their first objective is actually to keep their organizations running smoothly and pleasantly so that they may continue to grow in numbers. This has become a way of life in Christendom, but in this matter too we should 'search the Scriptures daily,' to determine whether these things have God's approval, for however good and right a thing may seem, if it is at variance with the Word, rightly divided, it is contrary to the will of God and therefore wrong." »Cornelius Stam |
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