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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

Colin Powell

As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision Yourself
Get mad, then get over it.
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Let Go Mad One Liner
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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Accomplishment Art Leadership Management Possible
Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
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Constitution Discrimination Origin Reason
I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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Difficult Encouragement Myself Policy
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
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
All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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Important Influence Life Live Touch Value
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
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Animal Dirty End Fight Yourself
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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Best Connection Creation Job Resources Team Training Way Yourself
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself

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