In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.
COLIN POWELLThe essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Be careful what you choose: You may get 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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Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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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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Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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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 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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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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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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Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Maybe 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.
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