Quotes from Judith M Bardwick

Nothing creates more self-respect among employees than being included in the process of making decisions.

Leaders must (1) define the business of the business, (2) create a winning strategy, (3) communicate persuasively, (4) behave with integrity, (5) respect others, and (6) act.

In the end, leadership is not intellectual or cognitive. Leadership is emotional.

Leaders evoke emotional connections in followers only to the extent that the followers are emotionally needy.

The need for challenge, the need to burst through the constrictions of tasks and situations already seen and mastered, can affect anyone, even those enjoying the greatest gains from success.

The balanced life is a goal, but for us it is mostly a myth.

With air travel there is no distance, there is only time.

Credibility is lost when there are big discrepancies between what leaders say and what they do. ... Increasing credibility requires openness. Hidden agendas will destroy trust.

Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money.

Schools are generally feminine places, institutions where conformity is valued, taught largely by conformist women.

For workaholics, all the eggs of self-esteem are in the basket of work.

I am impressed and distressed at how passive hierarchical organizations make people. There's often a lot of overt activity, but it's not going anywhere, it's game-playing. It's play-acting at work.

Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself- your strengths and your limitations -in contrast to depending on affirmation from others.