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If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

Colin Powell

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
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
None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Change Future Inspirational Ourselves Past
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
If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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Dirty End Tools Yourself
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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Image Job Position Yourself
One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Expression Need Policemen World
We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.
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Art Leadership Management Possible Science
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
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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People Perspective Right Yourself
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
Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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People Responsibility
The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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Action Condition Destiny Energy Fulfillment Health Organism
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try 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
Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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Accomplishment Art Leadership Management Possible

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

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