Quotes About Leadership

Atahuallpa was absolute monarch of the largest and most advanced state in the New World, while Pizarro represented the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (also known as King Charles I of Spain), monarch of the most powerful state in Europe.

El fanatismo en la guerra, del tipo que impulsó las conquistas cristianas e islámicas que conocemos por la historia, fue probablemente desconocido en la Tierra hasta el surgimiento de las jefaturas y, sobre todo, de los estados en los últimos 6.000 años.

It does mean that it's going to require more conscious effort on the part of American political leaders and American voters to halt our gridlock than in other countries.

Great-Man" view of the British historian Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), who asserted that history is dominated by the deeds of great men, such as Oliver Cromwell and Frederick the Great.

the author Leo Tolstoy, who maintained that leaders and generals had minimal influence on the course of history. To make his point, Tolstoy included in his novel War and Peace fictitious accounts of battles in which generals issue orders, but the orders are irrelevant to what is actually happening on the battlefield.

averaged over many cases, leadership does tend to affect economic growth.

leaders sometimes make a difference. But it depends on the type of leader, and on the type of effect examined.

Allende had good ideas, but he executed them poorly. Although he correctly recognized Chile's problems, he adopted wrong solutions to those problems.

Suomi Suomi eikö meillä pelata shakkia ja jos pelataan niin millaisia saatanan nappuloita me ollaan? Ei kunua ei kuningatarta ja soltut talonpojat pelkkiä houruja, tornit hävinneet metsien myötä ja ratsut kaikki menossa makkaraksi, Suomi Suomi eikö sinulla ole kuin lähettejä, salkkuun rakastuneita kuriireja jotka luulee että maailma on liukuportaat ja himoitsee nukkua pressanlinnassa...

a nonderanged boss

Plus, if you're a copycat, you can never keep up. You're always in a passive position. You never lead; you always follow. You give birth to something that's already behind the times—just a knockoff, an inferior version of the original. That's no way to live.

When you treat people like children, you get children's work.

When everything constantly needs approval, you create a culture of nonthinkers.

Top-down change without honest feedback from those affected by the change simply will not work.

Behind Closed Doors 1, a fantastic book about management from Esther Derby and Johanna Rothman.

1.1.19.02.006: Team sports are mandatory in order to build character. Character is there to give purpose to team sports.

If you ever think you might want a career in politics, Inspector, think again. It's merely a continuous and mostly vain attempt to keep several groups of people with opposing needs and agendas happy, and knowing in your heart of hearts that you cannot, and being lambasted for you hard work in the bargain.

Now and again. Good residency is about having the power to ask someone to do something, but not necessarily exercising it.

The leader was identified by his dental records—why he had them on him, no one was quite sure.

porque yo sé muy bien que en política hay que hacer cosas que nadie quiere hacer, hay que ensuciarse las manos, pactar con el diablo si hace falta. Por eso, si hay infierno, todos los políticos iremos al infierno. Esa es la realidad, y quien no la conoce no debería dedicarse a la política, porque no sabe lo que es el poder.

Sánchez Mazas) "Sea como fuere, lo cierto es que saludó en una seria de crónicas tituladas Italia a paso gentil, y que vio en Benito Mussolini la reencarnación de los condotieros renacentistas y en su ascensión al poder el anuncio de que el tiempo de los héroes y los poetas había vuelto a Italia

Lo único que sé es que los políticos no son ni de derechas ni de izquierdas: son sólo políticos. Lo único que les interesa es el poder.

People are silently begging to be led.

Most people in bad times cut corners in the most treacherous way imaginable—by downsizing human or intellectual capital, the real asset of most businesses today. That is a mistake. You can find no greater upside-leveraging tools than the energy, passion, intelligence, connections, and entrepreneurial spirit of the human beings you surround yourself with.