David Foster Wallace on Leadership, Illustrated and Read by Debbie Millman
This is what Bethune was able to do. There are many talented executives with the ability to manage operations, but great leadership is not based solely on great operational ability. Leading is not the same as being the leader. Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leadi
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Leadership means finding a new direction, not simply putting yourself at the front of the herd that’s heading toward the cliff.
JamesClear.com • "Solitude and Leadership"
There are figures who hold positions of authority – prime ministers, presidents, CEOs – who may not be leaders at all. They may have the power to force people to do what they say, but they have no followers. They excite no admiration. They inspire no emulation. And there may be leaders who hold no official position at all but who are consulted for
... See moreJonathan Sacks • Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible (Covenant & Conversation Book 8)
True leadership only exists if people follow when they would otherwise have the freedom to not follow.