If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn’t prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.
COLIN POWELLYou know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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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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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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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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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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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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All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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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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