“The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.”

Real communication happens when people feel safe.

Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.

In the past a leader was a boss. Today’s leaders must be partners with their people. They no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

If we want people on the front lines of companies to be responsible for making good business decisions, they must have the same information that managers use to make good business decisions.

Vision is a lot more than putting a plaque on the wall. A real vision is lived, not framed.

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose… It is the picture you have of yourself – the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

Leadership is anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of others.

Asking for other’s guidance helps you see what you may not be able to see. It’s always important to check your ego and ask for help.

Beware of putting all your focus into results. While results are important, your people should be your number one area of focus.

Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners.

The best minute you spend is the one you invest in people.

A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening.

The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization.

Customer service should not be a department, customer service is everyone’s job.

Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.

Whether you like it or not, you will leave a leadership legacy.

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.

The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.

Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.

Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.

Develop habits that will benefit and accelerate your growth.

Gratitude is not a feeling but a state of mind that can be developed.⁣⁣⁣

You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.