Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

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Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.

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The superior confidence which people repose in the tall man is well merited. Being tall, he is more visible than other men and being more visible, he is much more closely watched.

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Power wasn't even part of my vocabulary.

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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

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From leaders, we need clear, consistent and honest attention to the identity of the organization. Identity shows up in our actions, our visions, our relationships inside and out of the organization. Identity gets deepened as we do the work.

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The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

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A leader has to be one of two things: he either has to be a brilliant visionary himself, a truly creative strategist, in which case he can do what he likes and get away with it; or else he has to be a true empowerer who can bring out the best in others.

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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

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