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.
COLIN POWELLTrying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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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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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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Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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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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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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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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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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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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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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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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