The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources.
COLIN POWELLMaybe we don’t put our young people in situations often enough where they’re allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don’t fail as often.
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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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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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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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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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is “no.” That’s not America.
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But 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.
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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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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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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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