As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
COLIN POWELLWhen you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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 commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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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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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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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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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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