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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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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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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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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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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It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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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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Get mad, then get over it.
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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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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.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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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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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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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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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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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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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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If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone 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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