Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
COLIN POWELLAlways do your best. Somebody is watching you.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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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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I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.
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Get mad, then get over it.
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Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.
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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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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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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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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.
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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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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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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 essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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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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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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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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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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