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.
COLIN POWELLYou don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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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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Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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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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We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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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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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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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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