One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
COLIN POWELLBut just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you’ve got to compromise. You’ve got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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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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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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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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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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