Leadership is like beauty – it’s hard to define but you know it when you see it.
WARREN G. BENNISThe American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as “a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces; a severe test of patience or belief; a vessel for melting material at high temperatures.”
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Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
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Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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Power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power: Transformative leadership.
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Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
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This duality, making yourself better while teaching and developing others’ judgment capabilities, is the key to leadership that is both productive and principled.
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The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.
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