The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
COLIN POWELLBe careful what you choose: You may get it.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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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.
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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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You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
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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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Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go 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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Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life’s cycle and it’s from failure that you gain life experience.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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