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.
COLIN POWELLThe 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.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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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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A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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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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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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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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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn’t prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.
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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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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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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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First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.
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