“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but one
who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their
jobs.”
~Anonymous
“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.” ~John Maxwell
“Management is a position that is granted; leadership is a status that is earned.”
~K. Scott Derrick
“Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.”
~Tom Peters
“One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.”
~E. M. Forster
“No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.”
~Irvin Himmel
“Don’t confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse
keeps moving but doesn’t make any progress.” ~Alfred Montapert
“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”
~J.Rohn
“It is not the strongest ... that survive,
nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
~Charles Darwin
“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
~Albert Einstein
8 comments:
“Management is a position that is granted; leadership is a status that is earned.”
~K. Scott Derrick
Oh so damn true... sigh...
... and there's WAY too much 'granting' going on, these days.
Fixed it for ya, NFO. :)
"Good, Bad.... I'm the one with the gun." Bruce Campbell
Ah yes, Preppy: positional authority. :)
If you ain't part of the solution, you ain't long for here.
Art Kinsman, Sales Trainer,
Sound Car and Truck Stores
Renton, Wa
WSF - that sounds like wisdom born of experience, right there.
You know you've posted a good 'un when your commenters contribute their own 2 cents :)
My hubby's favorite:
'Lead, follow or get out of the way."
;-D
Cathy, I'm just happy when anybody makes a comment at all. The first couple of years, I was lucky to a comment in the first place. :)
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