One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
COLIN POWELLAn organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Maybe we don’t put our young people in situations often enough where they’re allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don’t fail as often.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life’s cycle and it’s from failure that you gain life experience.
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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country – to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
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Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is “no.” That’s not America.
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The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.
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Respect for leaders by followers can’t be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.
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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources.
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