Effective leaders are willing to use power and authority, but they're doing it in the service of the collective good, as opposed to self-aggrandizement. Votes: 12
There are all sorts of ways a leader can foster interactive teaching and learning if he starts thinking, Where do I socially architect myself? Votes: 6
Leadership is accomplishing something through other people that wouldn't have happened if you weren't there. . . Leadership is being able to mobilize ideas and values that energize other people. . . . Leaders develop a story line that engages other people. Votes: 3
There are three processes every company has to have: Somehow you've got to set strategies; you've got to have a budget, so you need an annual operating plan; and somehow you've got to do succession and people planning. Votes: 3
Leadership is about change... The best way to get people to venture into unknown terrain is to make it desirable by taking them there in their imaginations. Votes: 0
Too many people are confusing charisma with autocrat, fat cat. So I think we have to be a little more sophisticated when we hold up or tear down these stereotypes. Whether we call it charisma or not, a leader cannot be self-effacing to the point of being wimpy. Votes: 0
Winning companies win because they have good leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organization. Votes: 0
Solve the problem yourself or accept a fate you may not like... from this perspective, the ethic of personal responsibility gains appeal. Votes: 0