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Above all else, they are cheerleaders who suppress their own egos in the name of the institutions they head.
David H. Maister • Managing The Professional Service Firm
People at the top of an organization are always sending out clues that indicate what behavior is acceptable. And that is nowhere more critical than in naming elephants.
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
Look for Leaders Everywhere
Willis Johnson • Junk to Gold: From Salvage to the World’S Largest Online Auto Auction
... See moreThese opinion leaders shared several attributes: they were personable and likable, were perceived as knowledgeable and competent, and were well connected. They served as information intermediaries, interpreters, who informed their community of the things they found out and, in doing so, served as opinion shapers for a trusting audience.
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Above all else, your leaders need to be able to simplify, delegate, predict, systemize, and structure.
Gino Wickman • Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business
Green leaders should not merely be dispassionate problem solvers (like in Orange); they should be servant leaders, listening to their subordinates, empowering them, motivating them, developing them.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness
“Christian leaders are not leaders because they announce a new idea and try to convince others of its worth. They are leaders because they face the world with eyes full of expectation, and with the expertise to take away the veil that covers its hidden potential.”14
David E. Woolverton • Mission Rift
Declining institutions reward leaders for serving the organization rather than the cause.
Steve Addison • The Rise and Fall of Movements: A Roadmap for Leaders
Leadership
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