Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
COLIN POWELLSurround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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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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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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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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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
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You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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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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In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn’t prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.
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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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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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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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