We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
COLIN POWELLThe essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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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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Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.
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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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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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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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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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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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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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