Quotes About Leadership

Leaders fail," Paul explains, "by coming in saying, 'Here's the vision. Now you go execute what I see.' That's just wrong in our view of the world." Continuing, he says, "Although leaders should provide a mission or context and point toward what is possible, what humble, good leaders also do is to help people see.

Most approaches to leadership share two common problems. As we've discussed in this chapter, they fail to account adequately for mindset and therefore put too much faith in our ability to change behavior without addressing mindset. In addition, however, a problem that originated in Western thought some four hundred years ago has led to mindset and leadership approaches that are built on a mistake.

With Buber's observations in mind, we can see that both of these leaders are connected with others rather than split from them. It's just that one of them—the Isolated leader—is together with others as with objects, while the Together Leader is together with others as with people.

Think about our workplaces, for example. Think of the privileges we may retain for ourselves while we apply other standards to those who work for us

the differences between what we have to do to get something to happen and what everyone else in our organization has to do. Which of these are necessary or unavoidable, and which of them do we retain because we think we are better than others, more vital, and deserve special treatment?

The question for you as the leader is whether you are going to create an environment that is as enjoyable for your people as it is for you—a place that they are as excited about and devoted to as you are. The best leaders are those whom people want to follow. We have a different word for people whom others follow only because of force or need. We call them tyrants.

Mulally pointed to ten BPR rules he had posted on the wall of the room3: • People first • Everyone is included • Compelling vision • Clear performance goals • One plan • Facts and data • Propose a plan, "find-a-way" attitude • Respect, listen, help, and appreciate each other • Emotional resilience … trust the process • Have fun … enjoy the journey and each other

my leadership effectiveness is measured not by what I am able to accomplish but by what those whom I lead are able to accomplish.

The most effective leaders lead in this single way: by holding themselves more accountable than all. Personal

Better and Stronger

Thus in life there is ever the intellectual and the emotional nature—the mind that reasons, and the mind that feels. Of one come the men of action—generals and statesmen; of the other, the poets and dreamers—artists all.

A real man—a financier—was never a tool. He used tools. He created. He led. Clearly

Don't worry if those around you aren't doing their best. Just worry about how to make yourself worthy. Doing your best is the surest way to remind those around you to do their best.

Jon M. Chu is one of the most creative, convincing humans you'll ever meet.

I'm thinking of trying to talk Jonathan Toews into running for Congress. We could use him.

Some of my earliest heroes were congresswomen like Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan.

I don't want people to follow Scarface. I want people to follow Brad Jordan, man.

The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around.

I cannot do a better job than a journalist. I cannot do a better job than politicians - what I can do is play my football.

I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who didn't really see themselves as innovators. They were glorified journalists.

General David Petraeus was so successful at getting on covers of magazines, having journalists fall in love with him, that in fact he was able to use that power to go around the normal chain of command.

To some extent, being an entrepreneur is a lonely journey.

I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.

It would be a joy for me if someone who was working with me became a big success.