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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.

Colin Powell

Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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Accomplishment Latest Management Mission Team
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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Follow Forever Important Learning Personal Soldier
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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Deal Experience Failure Learning Life Yourself
I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.
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Capability Intention Myself Presentation Regret Weapon Wrong
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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Command Evidence Prove Right Wrong
You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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Spirit Tragedy Yourself
The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Best Freedom Willing Yourself
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
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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Earn Follow Leadership Mandatory Respect
Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Failure People Success
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Animal Dirty End Fight Yourself
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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Afraid Best Leadership Pick Replacement Yorself
An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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Difficult Face Organization People
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision Yourself
Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
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Balance Criticism Drive Ego Intelligence Judgement Loyalty

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