Trust is the essence of Leadership.
COLIN POWELLEndeavors 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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Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
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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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Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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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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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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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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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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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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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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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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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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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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