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Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.

Colin Powell

My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.
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Attention Experience Information Intuition Pay Yourself
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Essence Leadership Trust
I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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Attitude Leadership Role Thinking Win
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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Follow Leadership Mission Primary Purpose Role Vision
Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Break Greatness Hard Time Tension Time
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
When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Animal Dirty End Fight Yourself
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
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
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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Job Leadership Motivational Organization People Planning Strategy
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism
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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Country Division Ourselves Person Rejoice Togetherness
Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
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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Allow Enough Experience Failure People Situation Young Yourself
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision Yourself

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