Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
COLIN POWELLWe 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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Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.
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Get mad, then get over it.
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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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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.
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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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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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