Quotes About Leadership

If God made the boy a creature of extreme and restless energy, with an inquisitive and eager mind, a sensitive little heart, and a romantic imagination, it is up to you (Cub leaders) to make full use of these insted of crushing them.

Tyhle kapitoly vás zklamou, pokud si myslíte, že v nich najdete úplný a p?esný návod, jak vést skautský oddíl. Cht?l bych tu jen ukázat a nabídnout základní sm?r cesty k úsp?chu a zd?vodnit jej.

Když se snažíme vychovat z chlapc? dobré lidi, d?láme to ?áste?n? pro dobro své zem?.

James E. Russell z u?itelské koleje Kolumbijské univerzity ve státu New York. Napsal: "Skautský program je záležitost muž? upravená pro pot?eby kluk?. Chlapce p?itahuje ne proto, že je chlapec, ale proto, že v n?m m?že jednat jako skute?ný muž...

Ukažte mi nedbale krojovaný oddíl a já "vypátrám", že ani jeho v?dce nemá kroj v po?ádku. Myslete na to, až se budete do kroje oblékat! Dáváte svým chlapc?m p?íklad a pokud budete mít kroj p?kn? upravený, od- razí se to i na vašich skautech.

I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women!

When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.

A blind man will suffer himself to be led, though by a dog, or a child.

The trick to playing second fiddle is to play it like second Stradivarius.

Since the majority is always wrong, might we try one election day where all the losers take office?

It is one thing to show your child the way, and a harder thing to then stand out of it.

Cinematography, a military art. Prepare a film like a battle.

Marching along, fifty-score strong,Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song.

Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled,Scots wham Bruce has aften led,Welcome to your gory bedOr to victorie.Now's the day, and now's the hour;See the front o' battle lour!See approach proud Edward's power—Chains and slaverie!

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

Professionals speak truth to power. Professionals have the courage to say no to their managers. How do you say no to your boss? After all, it's your boss! Aren't you supposed to do what your boss says? No. Not if you are a professional. Slaves are not allowed to say no. Laborers may be hesitant to say no. But professionals are expected to say no. It's the only way you can really get anything done.

Professionals speak truth to power. Professionals have the courage to say no to their managers. How do you say no to your boss? After all, it's your boss! Aren't you supposed to do what your boss says? No. Not if you are a professional. Slaves are not allowed to say no. Laborers may be hesitant to say no. But professionals are expected to say no. Indeed, good managers crave someone who has the guts to say no. It's the only way you can really get anything done.

What if your company has made a commitment to a certain database, or a certain web server, or a certain framework? A good architect pretends that the decision has not been made, and shapes the system such that those decisions can still be deferred or changed for as long as possible. A good architect maximizes the number of decisions not made.

A good manager drives a project to be good enough, fast enough, cheap enough, and done as much as necessary. A good manager manages the coefficients on these attributes rather than demanding that all those coefficients are 100%. It is this kind of management that Agile strives to enable.

If you can develop the high-level policy without committing to the details that surround it, you can delay and defer decisions about those details for a long time. And the longer you wait to make those decisions, the more information you have with which to make them properly.

Providing too much detail can be an invitation for micro-management.

Robert C. Martin

As an engineer, you have a depth of knowledge about your systems and projects that no managers can possibly have. With that knowledge comes the responsibility to act.