Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
COLIN POWELLThe day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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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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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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We 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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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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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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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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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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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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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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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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