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Who are the leaders in our heads – and how did they get there? | Aeon Essays
The reason is this: leaders are people able to mobilise others to act in certain ways. If they achieve this only because they hold power over them, this means treating people as means, not ends – as things, not persons. Not accidentally, the single greatest writer on leadership as power was Machiavelli.
from Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible (Covenant & Conversation Book 8) by Jonathan Sacks
Those who lead are able to do so because those who follow trust that the decisions made at the top have the best interest of the group at heart. In turn, those who trust work hard because they feel like they are working for something bigger than themselves.
from Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
It comes down to both an individual and collective sense of where and how people choose to be led. In a very real sense, followers lead by choosing where to be led.
from One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organizati… by Dee Hock
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