Quotes About Leadership

remote work, and many other perks [..], will work or fail because of the company culture, not because of the perk itself.

Difficult times are learning opportunities. Make sure you and your team take the time to examine what happened and how it could have been avoided.

For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don't mind some advice from a newcomer, I'd suggest going with the will of the people.

i'm still waiting for someone to kick in the groove wake us up get the juices flowing and you know the shit gets more stale a little more square every day and we're diggin our own grave jumpin in head first and still we cry out for leaders to take us away start the groove over but the tunes are the same doesn't really matter where you start.

A node's betweenness score equals the percentage of minimal paths that go through a node. In a social network, people with high betweenness scores know more information and wield more power.

It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.

It was strange, how readily authority could be conjured with nothing but a bit of strutting jackassery.

Tonight is delicate business," said Drakasha. "Misstepping in Port Prodigal after midnight is like pissing on an angry snake. I need—" "Ahem," said Locke. "Originally, we're from Camorr." "Be on the boat in five minutes," said Drakasha.

Barsavi knew how to create expectations, Locke, and how to use those expectations to mislead those who would harm him.

anyone in command feigns ease when death is near. We do it for those around us, and we do it for ourselves. We do it because the sole alternative is to die cringing. The difference between an experienced leader and an untested one is that only the untested one is shocked at how well they can pretend when their hand is forced.

Ravelle, anyone in command feigns ease when death is near. We do it for those around us, and we do it for ourselves. We do it because the sole alternative is to die cringing.

I am hard pressed on my right; my center is giving way; situation excellent. I am attacking." General Ferdinand Foch

anyone in command feigns ease when death is near. We do it for those around us, and we do it for ourselves. We do it because the sole alternative is to die cringing.

Just because we like to drink doesn't mean we want to run the tavern

This man is my boatswain.

Wars, disease, taxes. Bowing heads and kissing boots. There's plenty of hungry damn things prowling on land, Orin. It's just that the ones at sea tend not to wear crowns.

When you see yourself as a discipler, you will rethink how you preach, what you preach, and why you preach.

While Kaiser has steadfastly refused to silence the prophets, he also repeatedly warns against giving them the last word.

The important part is to set an intention for your day and for your life. A daily mantra is one way to do that; another is creating a Leadership Constitution.

Equality and respect are woven into the fabric of the conduct and performance of iconic organizations and leaders. Period.

Get the best people and train them well.

The big challenge is, we have to constrain and mold our ambition level without losing the spark. The stuff I lose sleep over nigh is, how are we doing on this? We want to make progress as fast as possible without exploiting human resources. How do you move faster without killing people? How do you build a community around the project without losing design integrity? And how do we get on an arc that moves from benign dictatorship to more small-group democracy?

Ju smiled condescendingly. "I understand. I mean, I just got here. As long as we keep winning, the team will keep following your lead, right?

Ronald Reagan, the greatest president that ever lived, he had a quote that sums this up nicely: If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with.