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The intelligent employer encourages challenge, questioning--not blind acceptance and "our Leader knows best" acclaim.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is having someone else do a first class job under your direction.
The country needs leadership driven by the dictates of national security, not the ebb and flow of political fortunes.
We have to show leadership in protecting our environment so that we have a future for our children and grandchildren.
I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that.
Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be none the less free than you were before.
Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
"How" is what kills vision and dreams. Don't ask "How" until we figure out the "What". The "How" can kill the "What".
Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation - and about fundamental relations with one's fellows.
The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.
When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally.
Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
A runner doesn't just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win?
The world is yearning for strong leadership and moral clarity; someone who knows the difference between good and bad.
Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
Learning comes from education, while knowing comes from revelation. Learning is cognitive, while knowing is spiritual.
Leading with integrity is embracing honesty! We should always use our weaknesses to point others to Christ's strength.
We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.
Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men.
The worst type of employee you can have is one who has mentally quit and is still physically coming to work every day.
A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.
You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.
A low morality will not sustain leadership long, its influence quickly vanishes, it cannot produce its own succession.
We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.
When your vision is a biblical vision, the people arguing with it are not arguing with you. They are arguing with God.
We all know business financial performance improves when more women are in senior levels of management and leadership.
We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.
If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well and you'll be ready to stop managing. And start leading.
Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.
The essence of leadership is relationship; influencing people to achieve things together that can't be achieved alone.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.
We will not achieve high performance in education if we replace teachers with machines or turn teachers into machines.
A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.
Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move.
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
Who influenced you? When did they influence you? How have they influenced you? What have you done with their influence?
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.
If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.
The common characteristics of people make a community possible, but it is their uncommon qualities that make it better.
Therapy is the boat across the river, but most don't want to get off. Don't blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing
First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?
We need someone with proven conservative leadership experience, not entitlement, to be able to represent us and lead us.